3 ms·
> But don't expect a suburban lifestyle in the city center. Since when is an urban lifestyle one devoid of cars? It's you who should move to a small village, w
by lazyjones 9y ago
> But don't expect a suburban lifestyle in the city center.
Since when is an urban lifestyle one devoid of cars? It's you who should move to a small village, where people used to walk everywhere. Large cities were always busy with horse carriages, cars and other means of private transport.
- mallaidh 9y agoAnd urban streets used to be for pedestrians first, until the automotive industry lobbied to create the crime of "jaywalking."
- majewsky 9y agoI still don't get why that's even a crime. I live in Germany, and I jaywalk 5-10 times on a normal working day, because it's stupid to wait at a red light when there's no traffic within sight.
- wbl 9y agoSmall villages have become more spread out with the automobile in the US. Cities are dense enough most kinds of destination are within walking distance. 50% of Manhattanites don't own cars. The question is what modes of transport should have priority and in suburbs the answer is cars.
- thebooktocome 9y agoYou've got your history backward. Suburbs exist in America for two reasons: widespread car ownership and institutionalized racism in the form of redlining.