<story><title>No minimum parking requirements? No problem for Fayetteville, Arkansas</title><url>https://www.sightline.org/2022/02/22/no-minimum-parking-requirements-no-problem-for-fayetteville-arkansas/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>falsenapkin</author><text>I didn&amp;#x27;t even know that minimum parking was an issue, where else can I read about this? How prevalent is it in other cities? It sounds like some 50s&amp;#x2F;60s era white flight policy permanently enshrining cars into city life.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ve been to Bentonville (~2016) quite a bit for work, always said I&amp;#x27;d go to Fayetteville &lt;i&gt;next time&lt;/i&gt;. Bentonville wasn&amp;#x27;t anything worth writing about for how I want to live but I can see it being an attractive place for quite a lot of people, I was kind of surprised by how underpopulated it seemed. I guess not a lot of jobs outside of the obvious few. Crystal Bridges was a great museum, the Ozarks are lovely. In general I felt a lot more positive visiting that area than I was expecting to.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>drivers99</author><text>A couple YouTube channels I&amp;#x27;d suggest:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;notjustbikes&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;notjustbikes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;c&amp;#x2F;OhTheUrbanity&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;c&amp;#x2F;OhTheUrbanity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;c&amp;#x2F;CityBeautiful&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;c&amp;#x2F;CityBeautiful&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you want to go deep on parking policy, here&amp;#x27;s a talk by Donald Shoup: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=r0gokb4rPik&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=r0gokb4rPik&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>No minimum parking requirements? No problem for Fayetteville, Arkansas</title><url>https://www.sightline.org/2022/02/22/no-minimum-parking-requirements-no-problem-for-fayetteville-arkansas/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>falsenapkin</author><text>I didn&amp;#x27;t even know that minimum parking was an issue, where else can I read about this? How prevalent is it in other cities? It sounds like some 50s&amp;#x2F;60s era white flight policy permanently enshrining cars into city life.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ve been to Bentonville (~2016) quite a bit for work, always said I&amp;#x27;d go to Fayetteville &lt;i&gt;next time&lt;/i&gt;. Bentonville wasn&amp;#x27;t anything worth writing about for how I want to live but I can see it being an attractive place for quite a lot of people, I was kind of surprised by how underpopulated it seemed. I guess not a lot of jobs outside of the obvious few. Crystal Bridges was a great museum, the Ozarks are lovely. In general I felt a lot more positive visiting that area than I was expecting to.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mperham</author><text>So much of American zoning code makes our suburbs into ugly, inhumane places.  StrongTowns.org is a good place to start. Their blog is great and will quickly radicalize you.</text></comment>