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How Your Parents Ruined Driving - Climate Town on the rise of the SUV (www.youtube.com)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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This is a horror story.

I just discovered this channel and I like it. It's also on Nebula, so I'll be watching on there from now on.

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[–] -1 points 1 month ago* (3 children)

Very true. But thats because cars bring in money, walking and streetcars dont.

My city is "only" 100k people, its miles across, I could never see them redesigning it. They just built another 6 lane east to west highway cuz the town is expanding so far out now.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 month ago* (1 child)

    But thats because cars bring in money, walking and streetcars dont. [sic]

    On the off chance that you're not trolling, it should be noted that Climate Town has an episode on this very subject wherein he demonstrates that walkable neighbourhoods make much, much more money for a city, and that in fact, suburban spaces are a net loss on city budgets:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfsCniN7Nsc

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  • [–] -1 points 1 month ago

    I dont troll. I offer viewpoints the average american actually thinks, and people in the echo chamber think its trolling.

    Good video, thank you for sharing! Would be very hard to convince your average laboror of this though. Cars make them money. Whether its the lawn care business (trucks and trailers for mowers), landscaping (vans, trucks), farmers, construction workers, mechanics obviously.

    Also if youre in a tourist area, the cars definitely bring in the money.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 month ago*

    But thats because cars bring in money, walking and streetcars dont.

    That's even less true. It's annoying to refute due to vagueness, but whether you're talking about foot traffic/sales in commercial businesses or property tax revenue per acre, walkable places are way more profitable than sprawl.

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