• AgreeableLandscapeOP
    8·
    3 years ago

    The only redeeming part of this is that you have a convenience store that’s nice and walkable from your home. But you could have accomplished the same thing by only building the convenience store, or making the building itself into a mixed commercial-residential.

    • UniformedMike@lemmygrad.ml
      3·
      3 years ago

      Yes, conveniently inhaling benzene when you crack open a window or as it sneaks through the subslab. Free carcinogens for all. Who cares about potable groundwater? Not those guys…

      • AgreeableLandscapeOP
        4·
        3 years ago

        Also, what if there’s a fire? I know it’s not nearly as common at gas stations as it’s shown in the movies, but if it happens, it will spread to the apartment instantly. Hopefully the outer facade (or worse, the frame itself) is made of concrete and not CLT (a way using wood for heavy duty structural purposes and is displacing concrete due to being more sustainable) or something.

    • pingveno
      6·
      3 years ago

      A single piece of car infrastructure is taking up enough space to house dozens of households, if not more.