• legion02@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Turns out people care more about how the alley looks behind their house more than how it looks behind their employers shop.

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      1 year ago

      The top does not look like business district mate. Thats just really run down homes, which makes it even more depressing.

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      1 year ago

      Seems like something that might be resolved if you adjust zoning so people live across the alley from businesses. But then, those laws are probably there for a good reason, like protecting homes from being bought up by corporations looking to expand their offices.

      • amelore@slrpnk.net
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        1 year ago

        good reason, like protecting homes

        Don’t know how it works where you live but here it’s not just big zones, every building and plot has a designation (home, office, commercial, mixed residential + offices, commercial ground floor + residential above it), when you want to change the building or build a new one you need a building permit and ask the city for a change in designation, which they can deny.

        We’re terrible at urban planning, but that part I think does mean it’s preventable.