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Originally Posted by Susi
Charleston is illegal under current American planning legislation.
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Is urban planning a function of the United States federal government? I thought this sort of thing was handle at the state level or by individual corporations.
The truth is you can find pretty awful housing in any western country. England has plenty of awful terrace house developements. Not to mention some very ugly apartment blocks. Most people here do not live in a elegant Georgian townhouse or an ivy covered cottage. I've been to the United States & Canada. My biggest complaint about housing in the United States is that with the exception of a few areas such as New York and Boston, owning a car and knowing how to drive is a necessity. Public transport is nonexistant in most of the United States. Shopping districts are rarely within walking distance of residential areas and if they are, heavy traffic on wild streets can make walking extremely hazardous. I think housing patterns in Canada are much more superior then in England or the United States. The density is not as great as in England, but is high enough to make public transport feasible and you can walk if you chose to do so in many places.