After reading the article “Part IV: Land Use and Housing” from the Chicago Metropolis 2020, I realized how much the city can use improvement. This company aims to improve Chicago’s area with great city planning. The Burnham plan would have been a great idea back when Chicago was still developing and becoming a huge city but now that Chicago has become established as the third largest city in the U.S., the goal of the plan has changed. The new plan focuses on making Chicago a great city for people to live instead of the original plan that was focusing on making Chicago a great city. This includes plans that will help out with gentrification, sprawl, sub-urbanization, and etc. Although I believe Chicago is doing a decent job of making the city a nice place for all inhabitants, I also think there is much improvement that could be done to make life in Chicago even better. One concern of mine is to focus more on bringing cultures together instead of keeping them separated by housing developments. I believe if the city made housing more diverse such as building single family homes and big high-rise complexes together, then there would be a better chance of people from different backgrounds living with different cultures.
Furthermore, I believe that Chicago Metropolis should not be so focused on transit-oriented develop which is what they call the “sensible approach.” Instead I think they should be more concerned with redevelopment, low income housing, and better use of open spaces.
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