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Originally Posted by niel
Both STL PHL and brooklyncat mention the main issue - foot traffic. The kinds of places we're talking about generally thrive in busy areas with a lot of pedestrian traffic, which traditionally Fairmount hasn't had. As I mentioned, most of my neighbors, from my observation, anyway, get in their car when they leave their house and drive elsewhere to shop.
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Sorry, just had to jump in here with a snide observation
Even more inexcusable since I don't live in the area...
A lack of foot traffic - and the corresponding scarcity of the kind of retail that makes an urban neighborhood livable and desirable - might have something to with the fact that a small but loud segment of Fairmounters likes extra-wide, garage-fronted town"homes" and dislikes buildings over 35 feet. Having to travel elsewhere for shopping is probably a necessary result of having low-ish density.