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Imagine getting an Uber for a distance of "a couple of blocks" (lemmy.world)
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[–] 40 points 1 month ago (2 children)

North America has sort of forgot about using legs as a mode of transport.

If they remember to use them a moron in a lifted emotional-support-pickup-truck will break every bone in their body at the first intersection. And get away with it. North American city design is not just car-centric, it's actively human-hostile. Giant stroads, no sidewalks, no bike lanes....

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago

    I was walking myself from an inner suburb to dowtnown of a mid sized town in the US, maybe 3 km or so. Except for the part of the highway bridge which was positively dangerous, it was a pleasant walk. Locals considered us as crazy lunatics and the only reason they probably did not send us to an asylum was because we were Europeans and they do that crazy stuff like walking all the time.

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