In chapters 11 and 12 Jacobs discusses the gains of having high density communities. Combining the principles of high density and diversity all your or at least most of your needs within a close proximity. This diminishes the need for cars which in turn decreases the need for parking. You can then condense things further. On the other hand if you spread things out people will need to drive and then parking lots become a necessity. These parking lots then spread things out further. This is one of the problems of suburbs. Everyone uses cars so readily that it becomes more convenient to got o a supermarket that has everything you could possibly need even though it is farther away.
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