Where once our libraries, schools, and stores were built to human scale, they now are regional colossi. A friend said Monday that Mint Hill was a nice town. It has historically been a well-kept town, dating back to the days of the regional Community Development Association which encouraged small towns to fix up. But homes are on large lots. The reason is that there was no public sewer system when Mint Hill began to grow in the Seventies.
Sewer permits planning options that the town lacked.
There are no apartments, townhouses, or homes close together on small lots. You must drive everywhere to do anything. You cannot walk anywhere. Farmwood, for example, is not a walking subdivision. When I-485 is completed and development occurs at the intersections, traffic will become backed up on Blair Road, Highway 218 and Lawyers Road.