I live close to this K-Mart and there are a lot of people who feel bad that it’s gone. It was a part of childhood for your parents to take you to K-Mart to look at the toy section! But here in Bergen County (and you’re right, the traffic is horrendous) we are seeing more and more empty store fronts that stay empty for years. And big chun…
I live close to this K-Mart and there are a lot of people who feel bad that it’s gone. It was a part of childhood for your parents to take you to K-Mart to look at the toy section! But here in Bergen County (and you’re right, the traffic is horrendous) we are seeing more and more empty store fronts that stay empty for years. And big chunks of land like this get turned into condo complexes which only add to the traffic problem because the surrounding streets were never designed for that many cars.
There's an obvious need for housing and probably an overbuilding of retail, but the land-use pattern as you note is designed for relatively low densities. But it's also designed for driving everywhere. I've found that "crowded suburbs" are the worst places to drive, even though they're designed *for* driving. It's interesting.
I live close to this K-Mart and there are a lot of people who feel bad that it’s gone. It was a part of childhood for your parents to take you to K-Mart to look at the toy section! But here in Bergen County (and you’re right, the traffic is horrendous) we are seeing more and more empty store fronts that stay empty for years. And big chunks of land like this get turned into condo complexes which only add to the traffic problem because the surrounding streets were never designed for that many cars.
There's an obvious need for housing and probably an overbuilding of retail, but the land-use pattern as you note is designed for relatively low densities. But it's also designed for driving everywhere. I've found that "crowded suburbs" are the worst places to drive, even though they're designed *for* driving. It's interesting.