Quote Originally Posted by Detroitnerd View Post
As a nation, have we lost the ability to create downtowns? To me, that's a little scary.
I think we have. When we do try to replicate a downtown or town center, we end up with these gaudy, overcommercialized "lifestyle centers", which is really just a mall with a different spatial arrangement.

We need wholesale zoning changes if we want to get anywhere.