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build walkable communities (slrpnk.net)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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Edit: of course this is satire. The power of the reading comprehension devil grows stronger every day 😢

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[–] 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

This does exist in major US cities, especially the older (by US standards) ones. I'm in San Francisco, in a "good" neighborhood, and restaurants, groceries, bars, and multiple forms of public transit are all a short walk away. This is very different in car centric suburbs/cities though.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    The contrast between eg Manhattan and Los Angeles is wild. First time in LA I went out walking, looking for a restaurant. The footpath vanished and suddenly I was on the edge of what seemed like a freeway. Relatives in Santa Monica were horrified to learn that I had taken a bus from my hotel downtown to visit them (it was perfectly fine).

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