JP's daughter being such a typical modern woman makes me really skeptical of him.
Again, no one is wanting to take away the option to drive. Only to make walking safer and a viable option.
Cites are large because the geographic location where they exist permits it
American cities are spread out because they are designed around cars.
Gonna build a grocery store every block? No that's a stupid redundancy and the stores wouldn't have enough customers to stay open
Many countries have stores on every block. They even have them in NYC. It's not that crazy of an idea.
Reddit is basically impossible for a new account to use. I have a burner account with something like 12 karma which is too low to post anywhere. No matter what sub it's below some arbitrary karma threshold. That site has to be majority bots by now.
I think I've posted this exact sentence a half dozen times.
90% of normies think AI is way more advanced than it is. Sentient even.
I also said "one car per household", meaning everyone gets rid of their excess vehicles. But of course, like a woman, you only see the part that affects you.
Now everyone has one car. Whoops, infrastructure still sucks. Great solution though.
"Few feet"? Try three yards, minimum
Ok, nine feet. Seems like splitting hairs to me.
"Few weeks"? How naive. Try a few months, because the government is perpetually behind schedule. Spoken like a typical NIMBY that never actually had construction done in front of their house.
Everyone has had construction in their neighborhood. I'm actually the opposite of a nimby because I do in fact want this in my neighborhood.
Where did the sidewalks touch you? Do you want to talk about it?
I presented a workable solution for your pedestrian infrastructure quandary.
No, you didn't. You suggested I get rid of two of my cars, which does not in fact improve infrastructure. You truly are a "hallucinatory being" if you think your nonsense is a solution to anything.
How about we remove two lanes off each road for a wider sidewalk? It'll make driving more miserable than it already is, but think of the walkability!
You have the boomer "more lanes = better roads" mindset.
Another solution would be to imminent-domain part of your land for a sidewalk easement. It'll lower your property value and destroy your landscaping, on top of nonstop construction noise
Aside from your histrionic (woman-like, even) dramatization of events, I would be fine giving up a few feet for a sidewalk being added in front of my house. Construction lasts a few weeks, I can deal with that.
It's called an ex post facto law and it is explicitly forbidden in Article 1 of the constitution.
So you'll just plug your ears and pretend I'm lying? What a silly thing to pretend there aren't busy roads without sidewalks all over the US.
I think the people raging tend to be the ones emotionally invested in their cars. I do walk a lot, and what makes it a stupid idea is the bad design of cities.
The sidewalks won't hurt you I promise.
It's definitely a factor as well I'll agree.
And I'm not arguing against private vehicle ownership in any way. Just illustrating how many people needlessly die each year because of garbage city infrastructure and careless design.
I'm hoping that in 20 years we can all look back on that weird little era where everyone in movies was turned black for no reason and laugh.
Not trying to insult unlike you. It does fascinate me how defensive people get when someone criticizes cars or car-centric cities though. It's like you've woven them into your identity.
No, I said there should be more pedestrian infrastructure which would save lives then you got really defensive. Like a woman.
Buddy I don’t hate cars. You’re just being weirdly defensive. My only argument is cities should not be built solely around them like they are. No one wants to take away your Nissan Altima.
I don’t believe I ever told anyone they need to get rid of their cars bud. But congrats on beating that argument I never made.
I’m swayed by your flawless logic
Dodge Chargers are like pitbulls. Only the worst demographics go for them.
If you think cars benefit people anywhere close to the level electricity does then you're silly. In a lot of ways they make peoples' lives harder.
I'm not saying cars are evil, I own three of them myself. I think that calling them the greatest enhancement ever developed for human life is kind of silly, however. They have pros and cons like anything else. But the culture about them in America is really silly.
What a productive and intelligent thing to say.
This has Dodge Ram energy
I know you need cars. I don't know how many times I have to say no one wants to get rid of cars. The best thing is for there to be options and for no one to have to rely solely on cars however.
Believe it or not there are both corner stores and big box stores in walkable cities. You can go to both. You can even take a car if you'd like.
You aren't stating facts, you're reeeeeeeing.