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URBAN VILLAGES are compact, walkable, mixed-use neighborhoods and towns that are a pleasure to live in. Also known as new urbanism towns and villages, these places are becoming more popular as people have had enough of suburban traffic jams, and the lack of good urbanism. Urban villages are places where everything you need is within walking distance (shops, restaurants, movies, services), including nice public squares to relax in and meet people.
In an urban village you can live without a car, since the compact layout makes it easy to get around on foot, bicycle, rollerblades, or by trains & light rail. These compact villages are a drastic contrast to our sprawling suburbs where everything is spread out, separated by uses, and connected only by roads and highways. This makes a car an absolute necessity in suburbia, and since everyone has to drive for every single trip they make, we have constant, irritating traffic jams, all day long. Life in an Urban Village is completely different - pedestrian oriented, and offering a higher quality of life, and a friendlier, more pleasant place to live.
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