S-Kunst t1_j7k0inm wrote on February 7, 2023 at 10:17 AM

Sadly you will have to go to Europe for those storybook - towns with their cafes and walk-able streets. They also don't exist in our suburban areas either as there, one needs a car for any activity.

Both Hopkins Medical and Uni of MD have created black-hole environments around their doorsteps. Unlike many other colleges/universities which create active civilian settlements. Their contempt for the neighborhoods in which they reside is mostly due to their practice of taking over anything in their path and their ownership of dilapidated buildings, which they see as tear-downs.

sxswnxnw t1_j7k6got wrote on February 7, 2023 at 11:38 AM

Lol this is funny but not.

Yes, ngl, when I first read this I thought to myself, "This sounds like Montreal, really," and kinda rolled over and went to sleep.

Not quite Europe, but similar.

[deleted] OP t1_j7mfbnr wrote on February 7, 2023 at 9:19 PM

I'm essentially describing parts of Chicago here or maybe Toronto.? I don't even have these things in close proximity in LA so there not so much demands. Also, I didn't know that about the impact the Universities have had on the surrounding communities.