Jane Jacobs at the end of her life was all in favour of densifying cities by allowing "in law apartments" and the like on single family lots. In her last book, she advocated doing that in existing suburban neighborhoods, and some city planners have listened to her. The economic troubles following 2008 have reinforced the appeal, it seems. Boomerang young people and aging grandparents are apparently increasingly sharing space .
The New York Times reports today that some new housing developments are taking that into account. High end houses with separate entrances for either offspring or patriarchs and matriarchs are a coming trend, some developers think.
Jacobs would probablly be appalled, however. She was not in favour of more urban sprawl, but less.
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