Superblocks seem like they would be super-fun for a 24-year-old single or someone visiting on holiday, but would be a logistical nightmare for a young family. Is this so? or am I a frog stuck in a car-dependency well?
You might be interested in this "Not Just Bikes" video about raising kids in non car dependent places: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHlpmxLTxpw
or this one about kids who bike to school in a group for safety: https://bikeportland.org/2022/10/13/portlands-bike-bus-featu...
The coverage of the bike bus stuff made me cry because it just felt so special and gave me hope for the future.
Some superblocks sometimes have parks or playgrounds, you never have to worry about your kids getting run over or thrown in the back of a van, more people hang out outside because it isn't sulfery or loud.
I lived in one super-like-block in Poland and noise was the reason I had to move out. About 200 flats facing each other, you need only one person to ruin day or night for everyone there. One party at night and you have 600 people who couldn't sleep. One specific neighbour was listening to music from loudspeakers literally all day causing echo in the block. She turned volume up when cleaning and vacuuming, she had to still hear the music WHILE vacuuming. Never want to live to such block ever again, not anywhere close.
That's just living in a city _shrug_
If rather hear kids playing at 3pm than youths on ATVs or random mopeds at 3am
Edit: I think you may be misinterpreting the definition of a superblock
> never going back to dense population
We have different interpretations of "living in a city".
As the parent of a young child, I wish very much for more car-free space around my house. Otherwise I need to pack her in the car to get some running-around space.