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I'm anti-car, for the record. I don't drive in cities, and I think the costs of congestion, parking, noise, and pollution should be borne by those who do. Edit
by kareemsabri 8y ago
I'm anti-car, for the record. I don't drive in cities, and I think the costs of congestion, parking, noise, and pollution should be borne by those who do.
Edit: I did, in fact, say "anti-car".
- dredmorbius 8y agoI never used the phrase "anti-car" Somebody posting under your username did: Lot of anti-car folks on here. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18155579 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18155579
- kareemsabri 8y agoWhoops.
- closeparen 8y ago> I don't drive in cities A tiny proportion of any US metro area's real estate supports this lifestyle. Usually either the most expensive, or the most hurt by gentrification and displacement. It's not a generalizable strategy without huge changes in zoning, public housing finance, and public transit infrastructure. I think we should make those changes, I vote for every pro-housing candidate and every transportation funding measure, but they are prerequisites. You can't turn off the old system before the new one is ready.
- kareemsabri 8y agoAgreed. I'm anti-car personally, but I wouldn't force my choice on the entire nation certainly. Or even the entire city.
- CalRobert 8y agoNot sure those areas really qualify as "metropolitan", then. The US has effectively no real cities. It has parking lots with mayors.