And now Papa Smurf wants to see a revolution get organized against this on the grounds of them clear cutting oak trees, culling poor vulpines to near extinction, and leaving small woodland villages consisting of mushroom style housing.
I've always thought a sci fi/fantasy themed one would be neat. I'd name it "The Shire at Kessel Run" and it would have streets like Enterprise Way and Baggins Court. Who wouldn't love to live at 42 Chewbacca Drive?
Sycamore Grove is located near Newcastle-upon-Tyne, next to a rail yard. The last time there was a grove was about two thousand years ago. Also sycamores are not native trees in the UK, so the last time there was a sycamore grove was never.
When you're making a meme, put at least some effort to make it correct.
They tore down a huge chunk of forest here, which was mostly oak and pine, and named the neighborhood that replaced it redwood, a tree that isn't found anywhere near here.
Edit: Yes affordability is the problem, but if demand keeps outrunning supply the situation will NEVER improve. The only way landlords will start to bring their prices down is when the tenant is the one with options.
Single family zoning is terrible unless you’re wealthy enough to enjoy it.
When done right, incredibly inequitably pleasant and convenient. Garages and driveways and street parking, freestanding walls, personal gardens and patios… some green spaces might even be left nearby for the fauna and flora…
(Obviously a McMansion in a desert with zero walkability doesn’t fit the bill.)
Do note this is a description of an inequitably pleasant luxury that’s obviously overall bad for humanity 🌈
No, people can't afford houses, of just about any kind. Even shit tiny high density apartments are starting to become unaffordable even when you're looking outside of downtown centers
We don't need more blobs of suburban "neighborhoods". Urban centers should be renovating/repurposing vacant properties and infilling empty areas. It's a matter of building more densely and not tearing down nature for the sake of private equity firms bottom lines
Modest Mouse called this out in their song Novocain Stain back in '97 or whenever.
Interchanges, plazas and malls
And crowded chain restaurants
More housing developments go up
Named after the things they replace
So welcome to Minnow Brook
And welcome to Shady Space
Well it all seems a little abrupt
No, I don't like this change of pace