Nothing spectacular but an interesting car free alternative to suburbia with high urban density and local small shops. If large enough could have it’s own school and more amenities.

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    Needs more green space (which I have to say about almost every urbanist project it seems) but otherwise very cool.

    I really hope they can build more for these across the country. But having a big buildable lot right across the street from a transit line is kind of a specific situation.

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      Maybe, I think it’s designed like that to maximize shade. Which is important in phoenix. I think it would be nice to have a lot more mesquite and palo verde trees but dumb people complain about them when they the flower because the make a tone of pollen. Also the mesquites make huge messes of tree sap and mesquite beans.

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        Gardens and vegetation are compatible with the general design I think. Lots of things will grow better in the shade in Phoenix anyway.

        Bring on the mess. The world wasn’t meant to be clean.

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          Even just slightly more green would be nice. It might also a question of real estate costs in that area. And walking distance around the village. And climate. Really it’s more like an old European city, not a village, but they probably needed a name to say it’s different.