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sustainable cities (quokk.au)
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[–] 1 point 7 months ago* (5 children)

i recognize the neighborhood that inspired this drawing (it was a freeway that got pulled out, had nothing to do with fossil fuel vehicles or public transit, it had to do with a rich neighborhood's view). i used to eat calamari rolled up in a newspaper there. this is pure propaganda.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (2 children)

    Isn't part of the point of the post that the freeways are ugly? Just because it's rich people thinking it's ugly doesn't make it untrue.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child)

    the point of the post is that walking, biking, and public transit make cities. not electric vehicles or fossil fuel vehicles. there were already buildings below the freeway. they just demolished it so the financial center and the (usually) rich tourists could have a pretty view. I'd busk there and take the tourists' money, buy calamari, it was great. I'm all for the freeway being gone, don't get me wrong, but it had absolutely nothing to do with public transit. the public transit was better when the freeway was there. like, that's the actual history of the place. it looks like the embarcadero in san francisco. specific corner down by the wharf, viewed from the hilton up in the financial district. like, the top of the hilton. i wish i knew which corner but i only know my way around there on foot. bottommost building in the right picture is a korean restaurant i like.

    i could be wrong, this could be someplace else or purely imaginary, but it looks damn close to where i busked. like, it flipped the nostalgia "oh i haven't been home in a while" switch in my brain

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    Fair enough! I suppose I had a more surface-level interpretation of the post than you, just seeing how much more appealing the area looked without all the big roads. I can see how you could think the post is misleading.

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