As an urban studies student and future city planner, I see many issues as being directly related to land use (often to a fault, admittedly).
For example . . . Gina Palandri wrote: "My frustration is that there seems to be "nitches" or pockets, of neighborhoods in S Mpls that have no where to eat real food." Gina, I would say your frustration is coming from the fact that Minneapolis is what some would call 'Semi-Urban.' Minneapolis is simply not dense enough at the moment to support a large amount of retail, entertainment, and restaurant functions within walking distance of most people's houses. As such, we have our "nodes," much like a suburb has its shopping centers: Uptown, Downtown, some stretches of Lake, Cedar-Riverside, etc. We do not have as much distance between nodes, nor are we zoned to keep commercial activity strictly inside those nodes, but we still function that way. A larger, more dense city, while it still has very identifiable districts and centers, usually can support much more frequent commercial establishments. --Jeff Rosenberg East-Isles . . . Who apologizes for also being South-centric, and promises to get his butt up to the Northside and learn his way around. REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
