In this week’s pod we look at “placemaking” which seems to be designing communities just to make them nicer places to live.

By nicer, of course, we mean places that don’t stress you out in the walk to and from the station every day. More trees and open spaces are a start, but then open spaces are exactly where developers want to put buildings. And trees generally get in the way of that.

We look at the NSW government’s plans to bring more high and medium rises to where there are shops (rather than the other way round).  

And we ask what shops we would like in our block - by way of introducing this week’s poll which asks readers what they would like to see in their building.

All that and more in the pod, this week.

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Recorded by Jimmy Thomson & Sue Williams; Transcribed by Otter.ai; Transcription tidied up and sensified by Raphie.
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