> I live in a dense city. I have a grocer half a block away, 10 coffee shops in a 5-block radius, etc
"Density in CA" is not the same as "Density in Copenhagen/NY/Berlin/etc". Density in CA means it takes you an hour to drive to get to Whole Foods that's 7 miles away bc of traffic, something I experienced in Venice Beach. Density in CA makes already bad traffic way worse, and its not like the infrastructure is going to upgrade such that coffee shops spring up on every neighborhood corner.
> You have an extremely Americanized view of a fundamentally unsustainable housing mechanism
Bc I live in America.
> American car-dependent suburbs don't make any sense as the main source of housing.
Agreed, but I do not think ADUs make much sense in a suburban area that does not support the infrastructure for more dense housing.
Density in CA is bad because we don't build up. If we built up, there would be enough customers for you to not need to go to Whole Foods and instead be able to hit up a smaller grocer on your block without getting in a car. Traffic is bad because we don't have density we have sprawl
"Density in CA" is not the same as "Density in Copenhagen/NY/Berlin/etc". Density in CA means it takes you an hour to drive to get to Whole Foods that's 7 miles away bc of traffic, something I experienced in Venice Beach. Density in CA makes already bad traffic way worse, and its not like the infrastructure is going to upgrade such that coffee shops spring up on every neighborhood corner.
> You have an extremely Americanized view of a fundamentally unsustainable housing mechanism
Bc I live in America.
> American car-dependent suburbs don't make any sense as the main source of housing.
Agreed, but I do not think ADUs make much sense in a suburban area that does not support the infrastructure for more dense housing.