The Rise of “Movie-Set Urbanism”
Correct it's no vibrant, bustling organic downtown.<p>But it's still a helluva lot better than nothing at all.<p>The suburbs I grew up in? There were a bunch of shitty strip malls, and a single indoor mall with a single food court with zero natural lighting, taken over by teenagers after school because it was literally the only place to congregate besides the parking lot outside the supermarket.<p>There was no local "center" at all for community.<p>This kind of development would have been a <i>huge</i> life upgrade. Yes it's still built around parking -- but if life is already built around cars in suburbia, there's literally no alternative. Without parking, nobody can <i>get</i> there in the first place.<p>This article seems to be dismissing the better because it only wants the perfect.<p>Edit: to people replying this is still terrible or no better than a mall... look at the photos. This has paths to stroll along, a waterfront, trees, outdoor dining/cafes, building facades that aren't horrible to look at the way painted flat concrete is. You can <i>hang out</i> here and it <i>looks nice</i>. I think some people here must just not be aware of how horrible and ugly strip malls and 1970's-era indoor malls can be. This is objectively a gigantic upgrade for some people.