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by 7357 1607 days ago
culdesac? french for dead end. how is this a positive reasoning from the architect? I wonder.
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capableweb 1606 days ago
A cul-de-sac is a dead end for cars. Maybe these cities focus more on pedestrians than cars? Seems there are some priori for that line of thinking: https://culdesac.com/

> Welcome to Culdesac Tempe

> The first car-free neighborhood built from scratch in the US!

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quantumwannabe 1606 days ago
That's not really a neighborhood; it looks more like off-campus apartments for the nearby university.

The dirt rectangle on Google Maps' satellite view shows the extent of the "neighborhood": https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Arizona+State+University,+Te...

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capableweb 1606 days ago
Never heard of that particular "neighborhood" and to be honest, the website kind of looks like a scam. I was just musing about how the name could make sense for the authors.
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