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Downtown Houston in 1970s was a massive parking lot. It was estimated that nearly 50% of the downtown land area was dedicated solely to parking. (lemmy.today)
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[โ€“] Muscle_Meteor@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wheres the down town? Those 3-4 tallish buildings?

Was there even a difference in density between downtown and the suburbs? ๐Ÿ˜…

[โ€“] timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Suburbs were probably somehow more dense.