Walkable Neighborhoods

I find that I am walking more and hardly ever driving — except for a weekly shopping trip, or buying lumber. But it’s not just about decreasing gas use: walking is good for us, healthwise, and at a neighborhood level, financially.

A Data-Driven Case for Walkability - Kaid Benfeild via The…

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Agriculture is the New Golf: Rethinking Suburban Communities

jessicanow:
I LOVE this idea.  Our neighborhood in Maryland is built around a non-working farm (before the development was built it was a working one). 
I sincerely hope this trend catches on.  For many of the reasons listed in this post and because it would give neighbors a reason to well, be neighborly, again.
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Agriculture is the New Golf: Rethinking Suburban Communities

jessicanow:

I LOVE this idea.  Our neighborhood in Maryland is built around a non-working farm (before the development was built it was a working one). 

I sincerely hope this trend catches on.  For many of the reasons listed in this post and because it would give neighbors a reason to well, be neighborly, again.

Good.is