Literally every problem people have with cities no matter how petty is something that can be fixed in one way or another
- Too much Grey? Paint the buildings
- Not enough nature? Street trees and pocket parks are easy to install
- Light Pollution? Cover street lamps and use energy efficient bulbs to power them
- Too much Concrete? Brick Sidewalks are easy to install and require fewer repairs, additionally infill on parking lots significantly reduces the amount of concrete and creates usable space
- High Rents? Land use reform and loosening of zoning restrictions was proven to work in Minneapolis
- Too many people? The parks provide a calm escape from urban life and there are usually less trafficked parts of cities
- Too noisy? Traffic Calming measures are incredibly effective in reducing sounds
- Lack of Food availability? Build a community Garden
- Crime? Stop over policing low income communities
- Hard to get around and have bad traffic? Metros exist for a reason
- Urban heat island effect? Plant some trees and build bike lanes to reduce car usage
Obviously none of these can instantly solve people's problems and these aren't the only solutions to these problems. But the point of this is just to show how our cities problems no matter how minor can be fixed or at least improved
Brick sidewalks can be difficult on wheels, having less parking, smaller roads, and then painting the sidewalks would help with the too much concrete/grey problem better while still being accessible to people in wheelchairs/with strollers/etc
Oh yeah, good point, thanks for mentioning it, reducing parking and painting sidewalks both do help with the gray problem a ton more
