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Saying someone live in the suburbs does not mean they automatically live far from a school. Most (if not all) new subdivision builders are required to

Posted by zork May 21 '13, 15:11

build schools and parkland or they don't get the necessary permits.

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I was just thinking about that earlier. Some local schools let out earlier today due to incoming storms and there were lines of cars waiting to pick - GregW May 21, 15:19
ok, just for the distance to schools part in the U.S., this contains some data, as of 2008 nm but: -- (link) - b. May 21, 15:18 3
- there it is. thanks. -- nm - loosilu May 21, 15:21
- and more! nm but: -- (link) - b. May 21, 15:20 1
  - yes, this shows that the number living within a mile has not dropped as dramatically as the the walking rate. -- nm - zork May 21, 15:23
Most new schools are built in the middle of nowhere as campuses in the US. - spamlet May 21, 15:12 6
- my town does -- nm - tRuMaN May 21, 15:13
- regardless of the school situation, if you read the article, it's about much more than school. - loosilu May 21, 15:13 4
  - I'm not sure all of the replies were prompted by the article so much as zork's comment (his title for the link). -- nm - mara May 21, 15:28 2
    - but for so many more kids to be living in newly built areas, I think the overall population would have had to rise much more than it has. - zork May 21, 15:31 1
      - and b!'s second link seems to back that up (at least how I read it) -- nm - zork May 21, 15:33
  - this. kids are being chauffeured to stores and movie theatres and such that they don't need to be driven to -- nm - zork May 21, 15:17
In what universe? Not in any suburb I've ever lived in has that been the case. -- nm - TWuG May 21, 15:12 14
- I don't think it's required most places here; but there are some that are like that - for example, (and what a sucky way to learn), - b. May 21, 15:15
- Yeah, all the ones I lived in had schools, I just didn't end up going to them. -- nm - mafic May 21, 15:15
- in the universe that the study covers -- nm - zork May 21, 15:15 1
  - sorry, that sounds bad. Just meant that it's a canadian study. -- nm - zork May 21, 15:15
- It depends on the municiplality here, but this is generally the case in how new suburbs are zoned - Reagen May 21, 15:14 9
  - Every experience I've had in here has been along the lines of a campus or expanding current buildings. - TWuG May 21, 15:18 8
    - And for additional savings they're cutting back on school bus service. -- nm - Meg May 21, 15:26
    - At least in Calgary, the focus is very much on "community based" planning - Reagen May 21, 15:21 6
      - and the town figures that if the builder is going to make millions selling their homes, they can put some money into parks and schools. -- nm - zork May 21, 15:25 4
        
        yes. "municipal reserve", it's usually called, and is typically 5% of a new development. -- nm - Reagen May 21, 15:32
        
        and sewers and such. -- nm - zork May 21, 15:25 2
        
        Sewers, roads, street lights all are footed by the developer. Electrical, gas, cable are all footed by the providers. Schools are footed by property - TWuG May 21, 15:47 1
        
        developers usually build a school in their subdivisions, I recall one built a university in Malibu to get permits -- nm - zeitgeist May 21, 16:13
      - That's the logical way to approach it. So no wonder the US doesn't work that way. -- nm - TWuG May 21, 15:23

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