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The issue is not space, but how we move through it (lemmy.world)
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[–] 9 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Most suburban streets are 50 feet wide, many suburban front yards are 50 feet deep. That's a wasted space 150 feet wide and however long the street is long. Think of how much housing could be built in that space if you tore up that road, and in its place put a pair of alleyways housing in the middle

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    I would argue closer to 30, unless you’re including all the easement and sidewalks?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I did some measuring on Google Earth and the distance from sidewalk (or on roads without a sidewalk from the road) to the front of houses in a major city nearish to me and found a few neighborhoods 50 feet to the house was about the standard. They also had 50 foot deep backyards!

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