[quote=The-Shoveler]Me I think high density development should happen like it did in L.A.

It mostly occurred by developers buying up old dilapidated parts of downtown (or near downtown), tearing it down and re-developing the area.
To me that is more natural and organic instead of just force feeding and using hormones type of development.

Anyway not my fight but just does not seem like the right way to do this type of thing.[/quote]
That kind of re-development works best in already somewhat dense city center. I don’t see it happening in the suburbs. I just don’t see strip malls being torn down and replaced by highly dense village/town centers. The long term residence would fight that tooth and nail. They’re already fighting it when the land is empty. Imagine how much harder they’ll fight if there’s pre-existing businesses there.