Southfield trying to become a mini-city like those on Woodward.

[D_Town]

Can a mod merge this thread with
http://www.detroityes.com/mb/showthr...se-on-Woodward

[D_Town]

If they are doing all of that on Evergreen then what are they planning on doing with the Northland area?

[motz]

Troy has discussed doing the same thing, but I doubt it'll do anything except lead to more Tim Horton's, Lay-Z-Boys, etc. It just was not built to be walkable.

Also I saw Shollin on the first page and got excited that I could totally ruin all of his arguments and then realized how old the comments were Still had me laughing about how Ferndale "isn't vibrant, isn't a busy downtown, is just a dollar store and a B-Dubs". The magic of willful ignorance!

[D_Town]

Troy has discussed doing the same thing, but I doubt it'll do anything except lead to more Tim Horton's, Lay-Z-Boys, etc. It just was not built to be walkable.

I think Southfield has a better chance of making this vision come true, based on how it's mapped out than Troy, but Troy would get the actual retailers.

[motz]

I think Southfield has a better chance of making this vision come true, based on how it's mapped out than Troy, but Troy would get the actual retailers.

I liked the idea Troy had with smaller, walkable "mini-downtowns", like the development at the old K-Mart headquarters. In a suburb without a defined downtown, a model like that could work pretty well. But the amount that would cost...

[D_Town]

Basically they want to be like these places.
http://www.friendlycenter.com/
http://www.shoppesatarborlakes.com/

[rooms222]

Basically they want to be like these places.
http://www.friendlycenter.com/
http://www.shoppesatarborlakes.com/

Or this one just an hour from Detroit:

http://www.theshopsatfallentimbers.com/

[Honky Tonk]

Or this one just an hour from Detroit:

http://www.theshopsatfallentimbers.com/

Someone PLEASE shoot me if my life come down too that.....

[motz]

Someone PLEASE shoot me if my life come down too that.....

I am not defending it at all, but I'd prefer that to a strip mall. Both suck so much though. Low density stuff makes me have a big sad.

[poobert]

Speaking of mini-cities, but if this region were still the older satellite cities [[Ferndale, Royal Oak, Birmingham, Wyandotte, Mt. Clemens) and none of the post-war crapvilles, with a Detroit that wasn't hollowed out, this region would easily be on par with Boston, Portland, Seattle, you name it, in terms of desirability. We'd easily be able to create a comprehensive mass-transit system and have loads of greenspace [[that wasn't vacant lots).

Now we just have an unholy mess.

[mark.vandorn]

Flushing money down the toilet. There is ZERO chance you can stop the Detroit creep with the glut of cheap Southfield housing. Bolster the police force with whatever money is earmarked for this absurd proposal. They're going to need it.