Interchange in Houston is the same size as an entire city center in Italy
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Re: Interchange in Houston is the same size as an entire city center in Italy
#2I disagree with the notion that space is better used if it exhibits greater density of population.
I don't believe it is very easy to drive in Siena, Italy. I also don't believe it is very easy to live under a highway interchange. To each space its own.
Re: Interchange in Houston is the same size as an entire city center in Italy
#3I disagree with the notion that space is better used if it exhibits greater density of population. I don't believe it is very easy to drive in Siena, Italy. I also don't believe it is very easy to live under a highway interchange. To each space its own.
In Siena, you walk.
Re: Interchange in Houston is the same size as an entire city center in Italy
#4I disagree with the notion that space is better used if it exhibits greater density of population. I don't believe it is very easy to drive in Siena, Italy. I also don't believe it is very easy to live under a highway interchange. To each space its own.
I bet it's also not necessary to drive in Siena, Italy
Re: Interchange in Houston is the same size as an entire city center in Italy
#5Ok? And?
It’s interesting trivia but it doesn’t mean much. A well packed slum could fit 10x that amount in that land. Or you could have a vineyard or you could have a train station.
It’s an arbitrary comparison.
Land gets used in many different ways that make sense for the local people. Some seem “better” but that requires certain “assumptions “. Is arid desert “wasted”?
Re: Interchange in Houston is the same size as an entire city center in Italy
#6Now compare Manhattan.
Re: Interchange in Houston is the same size as an entire city center in Italy
#7The elephant in the room is the assumption that _everyone wants to be stacked on top of each other_.
I do agree that designing cities around cars has ruined a lot of nice places though.
Re: Interchange in Houston is the same size as an entire city center in Italy
#8I live in Texas. This assertion is true of most cities in Texas also. Houston is the largest population center in Texas with 6M+ in the city. Also Houston is a busy center for interstate and international commerce especially for trucking.
Re: Interchange in Houston is the same size as an entire city center in Italy
#9> is the same size
What size, exactly? Is it a really big interchange, or a really small city?
Re: Interchange in Houston is the same size as an entire city center in Italy
#10>Siena’s history dates back millennia. Houston, meanwhile, was founded in 1836.
Every time I am made aware of just how young the US is, it blows me away. I've never been to Europe, I would really love to go some day, but I can only imagine the feeling of actually seeing these really old places/structures in person.