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by tablespoon 1383 days ago
> not sure why this is complicated

IMHO, if you're presenting a solution with the length and grammar of a telegram, it's probably more accurate to say, "however, this is surely more complicated than I understand."

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I'm currently looking out the window at a shopping center with exactly this format.

It's very nice, and not really any more complex than regular zoning and planning.

> I'm currently looking out the window at a shopping center with exactly this format.

FWIW, I don't think the op was actually describing a shopping center.

It's not technically complicated, but it is politically complicated, because you're fighting against vested interests who desperately and selfishly want to stop you.
> you're fighting against vested interests who desperately and selfishly want to stop you.

There are no such vested interests and this is a YIMBY fantasy. People would be overjoyed if it were easy to convert malls into neighborhoods.