This is a great idea and reminds my of my father in law when we got our first house. As he was helping to pay for it (who am I to argue) he said we needed a house within walking distance of shops, transport and school. So we did. I walked to work, had a major bus station nearby and the kids weren't at school then but when they were of school age (second house) they could walk to school and were near a major shopping centre and another major bus terminal. Made life very easy!
This is a great idea and reminds my of my father in law when we got our first house. As he was helping to pay for it (who am I to argue) he said we needed a house within walking distance of shops, transport and school. So we did. I walked to work, had a major bus station nearby and the kids weren't at school then but when they were of school age (second house) they could walk to school and were near a major shopping centre and another major bus terminal. Made life very easy!
Makes me think how good we have it here in India. We have a concept of "Integrated townships" in our metro cities.
I work for a real estate developer who makes a few of these and they are real game changers in terms of quality of life.
Examples:
https://youtu.be/altLUelTmPY
https://youtu.be/T7GZla14Hsk