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snowbeast93 t1_j0bj4cr wrote

Reply to comment by oreosfly in The Climate Impact of Your Neighborhood, Mapped by FedishSwish

This isn’t quite true in the NYC metro region, there are so many walkable town centers spread out along the various commuter train lines. The towns in NJ and the Hudson Valley do a great job of offering both nice apartment buildings and single family homes without too much sprawl. Connecticut is a different story though.

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JeromePowellAdmirer t1_j0e5fcs wrote

> both nice apartment buildings and single family homes

Missing middle is...between these and those towns aren't new-building any of it

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snowbeast93 t1_j0e7vjn wrote

??? What do you mean? There are plenty of new apartment buildings in those areas, not to mention the spread of density surrounding Manhattan. Downtown Brooklyn and Long Island City are practically unrecognizable compared to just a decade ago due to all of the new residential buildings, and the same can be said of Jersey City. Even Harrison, NJ is a major commuter town/transit-oriented development that has exploded in the past couple of years.

There’s lots more to do but there are countless projects in the NYC region that are filling in the gaps.

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JeromePowellAdmirer t1_j0e92tt wrote

I was more thinking about Westchester County and non-NYC Long Island.

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snowbeast93 t1_j0eat22 wrote

Long Island is a total trainwreck so I definitely agree with you there, they are insistent that there is no new residential being built along the LIRR corridors, it's nuts

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