some parts of this project will need a certain degree of common ideas/information that i just realized everybody does not share with me. even architects and other highly educated people in this country knows what the main difference of a typical European city is compared to a typical American city, and many others have never thought about it.
this is the common conception of the European city VS the American city:
old world city is denser and more compact than it's American counterpart. the American city have more people traveling individually in cars and the European city have a greater degree of functioning public transportation and more people walking and biking. since the European city is denser and have less (auto) traffic it is also friendlier to walk and bike in. distances are not as big and roads are not constantly cut off by fast moving vehicles.
the typical American city have a great share of suburbs with low density housing, and some high and low density businesses (office towers / strip malls). the downtown (inner city area) has high density office buildings (skyscrapers) and may have some high or very high density housing.
European cities have suburbs with high and low density housing and a city centre, usually bigger than the American downtown, that contains mixed used buildings as well as some single use buildings in a mixed use area.
over all american city contains few mixed used areas, and almost no mixed used buildings.
this is the common conception of the European city VS the American city:
old world city is denser and more compact than it's American counterpart. the American city have more people traveling individually in cars and the European city have a greater degree of functioning public transportation and more people walking and biking. since the European city is denser and have less (auto) traffic it is also friendlier to walk and bike in. distances are not as big and roads are not constantly cut off by fast moving vehicles.
the typical American city have a great share of suburbs with low density housing, and some high and low density businesses (office towers / strip malls). the downtown (inner city area) has high density office buildings (skyscrapers) and may have some high or very high density housing.
European cities have suburbs with high and low density housing and a city centre, usually bigger than the American downtown, that contains mixed used buildings as well as some single use buildings in a mixed use area.
over all american city contains few mixed used areas, and almost no mixed used buildings.
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