Why did railroad companies mass produce cities?
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Date: 2021-04-10
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jspihlman
My hometown is one such railroad town. It's the T you mentioned but there are also ones where the railroad is in the middle and Main Street is perpendicular or parallel to it nearby. I agree with your sentiment that the layout is boring and cookie cutter in rural America. Especially in the Midwest.
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My hometown is one such railroad town. It's the T you mentioned but there are also ones where the railroad is in the middle and Main Street is perpendicular or parallel to it nearby. I agree with your sentiment that the layout is boring and cookie cutter in rural America. Especially in the Midwest.
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Jose
. to sell as many lots as possible as fast as possible. Uniformity and clarity were clear creativity didn't factor in at all. The modern North American suburb is pretty much this. It seems these ideas were just recycled money making schemes from back in the day.
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. to sell as many lots as possible as fast as possible. Uniformity and clarity were clear creativity didn't factor in at all. The modern North American suburb is pretty much this. It seems these ideas were just recycled money making schemes from back in the day.
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arquebusierx
Growing up/living in North Dakota almost every town was designed to that T shaped pattern you described. There are so many abandoned towns now that a guy makes a full time living documenting them all (Google Ghosts of North Dakota)
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Growing up/living in North Dakota almost every town was designed to that T shaped pattern you described. There are so many abandoned towns now that a guy makes a full time living documenting them all (Google Ghosts of North Dakota)
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James
3: 45 We could learn from this approach today - instead of having giant parcels of land sold to suburban mall landlords, municipalities could make small parcels of land for local businesses to develop on more easily available.
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3: 45 We could learn from this approach today - instead of having giant parcels of land sold to suburban mall landlords, municipalities could make small parcels of land for local businesses to develop on more easily available.
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travel
If anyone wants an edgier, long form version of City Beautiful, I recommend checking out the podcast Well There's your Problem. I know Not Just Bikes is a fan. They are the first podcast I supported on Patreon
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If anyone wants an edgier, long form version of City Beautiful, I recommend checking out the podcast Well There's your Problem. I know Not Just Bikes is a fan. They are the first podcast I supported on Patreon
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Ryan
Portland was laid out for shipping timber via the Columbia River, and the railroad was bolted on along the way. Portland has a lot of bolt ons now from decades of annexing nearby communities like St John.
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Portland was laid out for shipping timber via the Columbia River, and the railroad was bolted on along the way. Portland has a lot of bolt ons now from decades of annexing nearby communities like St John.
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Kai-Mon
You ve just sent me down a rabbit hole looking at small towns in my area (Canada) and seeing the exact same cookie cutter towns and naming conventions you mentioned. Thanks.
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You ve just sent me down a rabbit hole looking at small towns in my area (Canada) and seeing the exact same cookie cutter towns and naming conventions you mentioned. Thanks.
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elizabeth
Would these old railroad towns be good for transit oriented development today if they put in an elevated commuter rail line? They look walkable and dense
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Would these old railroad towns be good for transit oriented development today if they put in an elevated commuter rail line? They look walkable and dense
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Ryan
Funny how you're talking about American towns, but the train on the thumbnail is a New Zealand Ja class locomotive and A class carriages. Still good though.
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Funny how you're talking about American towns, but the train on the thumbnail is a New Zealand Ja class locomotive and A class carriages. Still good though.
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