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0 pointsdjrobstep3y ago0 comments

> I hate driving in Denver. The traffic sucks.

> Why is walkable so desired? When it's cold (like today) I don't want to leave my car. I'd drive through any day, I'd drive just to avoid walking half a mile.

This is an amazing example of the terrible disease that is Car Brain.

Instead of having a walkable city where you can walk to the shops/gym/restaurants, take convenient public transport to the theatre, and take the kids/dog to the park next door, live in a massive isolated bunker, drive your massive pickup truck to buy groceries, and wonder why the city is so congested with cars and trucks all doing the same thing. Madness.

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parthianshotgun3y ago

I wonder what effect the bunker life has on children... Since this kind of distance is relatively new in our typically communal existence

zeroonetwothree3y ago

All the ‘walkable’ cities still seem to be congested with cars.

lmm3y ago

However much or little road space you build in cities, it will always be congested with cars (unless you charge or ban them). So the trick is to waste as little space as possible on that.

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