[greedo]

The problem with achieving this is that business has consolidated too much in the last 20 years. Around me, I have a bunch of small offices (mostly dental/chiropractors, etc) a few gas stations, and then mega stores like Walmart/Lowes etc. On the other side of town, there are megabusinesses like banking and insurance. The company I work for employs over 2K, and that would be pretty difficult to staff with people within walking distance. Thank god my team is allowed to work remotely...

I think that all the talk about modifying city design etc is just unrealistic in the US. You'd need to change regulations, change economic centralization, and most importantly kill the dream of SFH.

[zirgs]

The USA already modified their city design. The cities were much denser before cars were invented. Lots of stuff was bulldozed and converted to parking lots.

In many European cities you can see single family homes next to apartment buildings, offices and shopping malls and it works just fine.

I'm glad that we don't have the same zoning nonsense as in the USA.