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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

TexasMommaWithAHat

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3. And the same person

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Wed Jan 27, 2016, 09:48 AM

Jan 2016

once he has a partner in three kids might be thankful for a job in a suburban office park.

Businesses are locating in the 'burbs to make it easier for their older, more established workers. Not everyone can afford to raise a family in the city.

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Suburban office parks are dying because young people don't want to drive there [View all] marmar Jan 2016 OP

Perhaps re-purpose as a school. Can't imagine that would be too difficult..n/t monmouth4 Jan 2016 #1

Not getting a car is fine yeoman6987 Jan 2016 #2

And the same person TexasMommaWithAHat Jan 2016 #3

Employers want employees to have cars My Good Babushka Jan 2016 #4

Depends where the population base is MichMan Jan 2016 #5

Depends on what you define as "quality of life" marmar Jan 2016 #7

They could always deploy the Google bus model KamaAina Jan 2016 #6

Passenger Transportation has always lost money.... happyslug Jan 2016 #8

Um, yes, the office parks would have to subsidize the shuttles KamaAina Jan 2016 #9

Lets be honest, here, the people these people want do not want to live in the Suburbs happyslug Jan 2016 #10