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10,000 fewer car parking spaces. Less noise. More bike lanes. That's the pledge by Amsterdam's new government for the next 4 years. (cdn.imgchest.com)
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[–] 39 points 4 days ago (6 children)

I'm not the most social person, but wouldn't it be nice to just leave your house and interact with your neighbors and recognize people on the street and shit?

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  • [–] 9 points 3 days ago

    Coincidentally, a high number of these weak social ties* is one of the best predictors of life satisfaction and good mental health. In contrast, there's a strong correlation between longer car commutes and less life satisfaction and poorer mental health.

    Huh, I knew both of these facts independently, and somehow never put them together side-by-side like this before.

    * People that you see and lightly interact with regularly, though you don't know them. Like the guy you see on the tram every day, for example.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 days ago* (3 children)

    Yeah, but its not the same in america. Closest grocery store to most people is about 5 to10 minutes away with a car.. and the public transport is total shit. They built america for cars, thats the problem

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  • [–] 4 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    They built america for cars, thats the problem.

    Yeah, that is a problem. One that we can change if we want to. At least in urban, and to some extent suburban areas. It's already happening all over the country.

    Closest grocery store to most people is about 5 to10 minutes away with a car…

    The problem is also people that keep thinking like this. 5 minutes away in a car usually means like what, 7 minutes on a bike, 20 minutes on foot?

    Just don't take the car. I know it sounds like a wild and hard to grasp idea to most Americans since we're all trained to be car-brained since birth. We have to break that mindset.

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