In lugnet.org.us.michlug, Amy Hughes writes:
> In lugnet.org.us.michlug, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > the edges of the roadplates end up being wasted space, because the
> > building is built in the middle of another baseplate. Some sort of
> > modular approach might well clear that up, if you knew that it was
> > YOUR roadway you could build out onto it
>
> I'm not so sure crowding our buildings together is a good idea, for two
> reasons...
>
> 1) Our downtown is more like a modern, built-for-cars "edge city", e.g.
> Southfield, rather than a classic, built-for-people downtown, e.g. Ann Arbor.
I agree i think they are close enough and with the sidwalks we put down i
thought the downtown AND the strip malls looked good.
> 2) The space between buildings allows people to see the buildings that aren't
> on the edge of the display.
Yep,very good point,
> I'd like to have a classic downtown, though. Many cities now have two centers -
> the classic downtown area, and the edge city area, with chain restaurants,
> malls, strip malls, sprawl-marts and office buildings.
>
> Amy
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