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1. Despite a massive increase in traffic, deaths have stayed flat. So whatever you are interpreting here, it’s not based on the reality you claim it is. 2. Thi
by ztjio 8y ago
1. Despite a massive increase in traffic, deaths have stayed flat. So whatever you are interpreting here, it’s not based on the reality you claim it is.
2. This will be highly variable depending on area, but, nearby us where it looks from the door to be devoid of green/open space, are 3 parks within short walking distance, a nature preserve, and 100 miles of interconnected isolated paths for cycling which then connect to many, many other greenspaces. And that happened largely by accident (and partly by occasional spikes of local effort to fill in the gaps.) Maybe you need to look more closely to see just how much opportunity there is for play.
And 3. That can’t possibly be true, given the MASSIVE decrease in all crime and especially violent crime in the last 30 years. Please back up your claims with citations or you just contribute to the same hysteria that is ruining future generations.
- casefields 8y agoGlad you call him out because it's absolutely not true.
- neumann 8y ago1. Maybe, but we used to play in the street all sorts of ball sports as kids. All the cars were in their garages/car ports, and when a car, roughly every 10minutes came by, we'd yell, 'Car' and step aside. Now, my parent's same house has tons of extra cars on the streets (more affluent families?) and the street has become a thoroughfare as people try to avoid traffic on the main roads. It would be impossible to play on the street today.
- CalRobert 8y ago1) Cars are indeed safer, for their occupants. For the poor chumps not in a car you're increasingly likely to be killed. https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/28/589453431/pedestrian-fatalities-remain-at-25-year-high-for-second-year-in-a-row https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/28/589453431...