[numpad0]

I think it must be human nature that we don’t desire housing and commerce in a single building in the same way as how we’d want kitchen and bathroom to be separate, because buildings in that apartment on top configuration always seems borderline rundown to me.

Office + mall examples usually seem to be working fine, except there always are one entrance for each, distanced physically as well as in general aesthetics.

[shard]

I think it's just tradition and what people are used to, since buildings with both are actually considered more desirable in Korea, and are often more luxurious apartments than normal.

[angled]

Hong Kong also builds this way，and includes schools in the complexes for good measure.

[jasonboyd]

We who? I've lived in mixed use buildings with bars, restaurants, and other small businesses on the first floor and apartments above. It was quite nice, I really enjoyed it.

[wikibob]

Unfortunately it’s easy to believe that growing up and living in North America.

However the truth is literally the opposite.

Every city older than about 100 years is built with mixed use retail and housing.

I encourage you to do some googling

[cesarb]

> we don’t desire housing and commerce in a single building in the same way as how we’d want kitchen and bathroom to be separate

Wait, what?

Other than very old houses (which I've been told had the bathroom in a separate building), every residence I know of has the kitchen and the bathroom in the same building. Yes, they are separated by walls, in the same way housing and commerce in a single building would be separated by walls and floors.