Carawou

The urban core of Topeka, Kansas, consist of buildings scattered among parking lots

https://lemmy.world/post/43566123

Feb 25 at 3:29pmWeb
Show thread5714Feb 25
The parking core of Topeka, Kansas
Show threadDiplomjodlerFeb 25
So much space left for building parking lots!
Show threadreabsorbthelightFeb 26
Imagine what we could do if we got rid of the stores and houses
Show threadVictorFeb 25
MFW I realized the yellow areas weren’t the buildings 😐
Show threadelectrotabbyFeb 25

I measured the area of the yellow area in Inkscape. It’s 30% of the image. The streets are roughly another 20% (and many of those are just circling the parking lots).

So we could pack almost twice as much stuff into this image, and therefore reduce average travel times by half (depends exactly how densification happens, but my reasoning is it’s twice as likely for you to find what you’re looking for within a set distance from you).

Show threadKairosFeb 25
Curious how you did that in inkscape. Was it time consuming? I know about the trace path function which could be used for the yellow, but how did you do the streets?
Show threadelectrotabbyFeb 26
I just put rectangles on like 6 blocks and got about 26% street area, then figured many places had bigger blocks or narrower streets. The area is measured by extensions -> measure path.
Show threadthemaninblackFeb 25

$15,000 relocation bonus program

choosetopeka.com/apply/

Apply – Greater Topeka Partnership

Show threadKairosFeb 25
“Up to”
Show threadthemaninblackFeb 26
Yeah personally they could raise that amount 10x and I wouldn’t
Show threadCortFeb 26

After 1st year, GO Topeka/JEDO reimburse 50% match of the total qualified relocation incentive to the employer for employee retention

So you have to convince your employer to give you $15000 for moving to Topeka.

Show threadGreddanFeb 25
That’s not urban in the slightest. This is a rural area, just like american suburbs are rural housing developments. Infrastructure is what makes urbanism. A place without infrastructure is rural.
Show threadbinarytobisFeb 26