Sadly, you can't build that kind of neighborhood anymore
zoning laws and property developer profit maximization get in the way.
Proper living requires decentralizing commerce and fractalizing the structure. Old Denver has one block devoted to commerce every 5-10-ish blocks of houses - often with small businesss on the corners of other blocks. Pedestrian commerce/mixed use planning needs to return.
Then, you meet your neighbors.
Developers do the opposite - they force commerce to the megamall and make parking miserable, walking impractical, and people drive straight into their garages never meeting their next door neighbors. What a sucky way to live.
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