Comments on: Decatur Certainly Not Alone In Parking Debate http://www.decaturmetro.com/2008/09/22/decatur-certainly-not-alone-in-parking-debate/ Decatur Georgia News, Events, Atlanta News Tue, 16 Sep 2014 04:07:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 By: Scott http://www.decaturmetro.com/2008/09/22/decatur-certainly-not-alone-in-parking-debate/#comment-2921 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:32:14 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-2921 I come down firmly on the side of choices. A community is healthier and more sustainable — economically, socially and environmentally — when it fosters diversity of all types. The strongest Decatur will welcome the folks who want a single family home with a yard (disclosure: I am one of them), but it will also welcome the person who wants to live upstairs from the action; the person who wants to own and the person who (yes, they exist) wants to rent; the person who loves the freedom *of* their car and the person who loves the freedom *from* their car; folks looking to upsize and folks looking to downsize. The whole gamut.

Right now, our deck is no-doubt stacked in favor of the single family, car dependent crowd. We require continued progressive efforts simply to level the playing field.

It ain’t easy, as the furor over 315 demonstrates. But it’s worth it. Putting blinders on and only addressing the here and now can really screw up your tomorrow.

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