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Old and In the Way

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10. He addresses these concerns on his facebook page

Reply to silverweb (Reply #5)

Wed Feb 1, 2012, 08:17 PM

Feb 2012

There are lots of open questions, obviously...and there will be compromises to deal with regulatory concerns - like fire, ambulance, etc. But the vision he has is based on very livable cities throughout the world that have dealt with these same issues...there are downside negatives obviously, but they should be outweighed by the positive aspects that such a community design would create.

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Maine to create car-free town with ‘really narrow streets’ [View all] n2doc Feb 2012 OP

We should all go back to that Confusious Feb 2012 #1

Thanks for the post. Old and In the Way Feb 2012 #2

Great concept, but... silverweb Feb 2012 #3

My car died christx30 Feb 2012 #4

Of course it's not for everybody. silverweb Feb 2012 #5

What about firetrucks and ambulances? TupperHappy Feb 2012 #8

Of course. silverweb Feb 2012 #12

He addresses these concerns on his facebook page Old and In the Way Feb 2012 #10

Thanks. silverweb Feb 2012 #11

I don't do Facebook either. Old and In the Way Feb 2012 #14

Yes! silverweb Feb 2012 #16

I grew up in a small town OKIsItJustMe Feb 2012 #20

It takes me christx30 Feb 2012 #26

Right. I understand. OKIsItJustMe Feb 2012 #27

In the middle east they use hand carts ProgressiveProfessor Feb 2012 #7

There are a lot of potential snags, I imagine. silverweb Feb 2012 #13

There is a very limited market for such enclaves ProgressiveProfessor Feb 2012 #17

Firefighting should be fun. As will be heart attacks. /nt TheMadMonk Feb 2012 #6

London used to have very narrow streets... Dead_Parrot Feb 2012 #9

Probably Venice and Amsterdam are closer to the inspiration here cprise Feb 2012 #18

cars don't kill people ... people driving cars kill people ... zbdent Feb 2012 #15

You don't need narrow streets to exclude cars. hunter Feb 2012 #19

WTF?! Why don't they just block the streets leading into the village??? DetlefK Feb 2012 #21

No kidding. wtmusic Feb 2012 #28

Narrow streets meet major snow storm. Po_d Mainiac Feb 2012 #22

That's why Teh Goddess made snowshoes and cross country skis jpak Feb 2012 #23

No problem clearing out the doorway Po_d Mainiac Feb 2012 #24

I'd love to live there! Odin2005 Feb 2012 #25