Here's your chance not just to be the mayor, but the original city planner as well! Imagine a medium sized city that would be developed with modern, low carbon transportation in mind, and other strategies to reduce the average citizens' carbon footprints.
What would that city look like? Would that make you more likely to want to live there?
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I just want neighborhoods that are within walking distance to things
I think the biggest change to most cities would be no culdesacs. The layout makes getting anywhere take twice as long and the large lawns are a waste of space. Nothing is within walking distance so you have to rely on cars so it's not even a safe space for kids to play since cars are always going down the road.
I would make smallish apartment complexes within walking distances to the things you need. You would have more public transport to get to places out of reach. You wouldn't have large corporations for things like a grocery store like Safeway or Walmart you would have smaller local businesses.