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There are many human-oriented cities around the world in which mass-transit reigns, and they manage to make life work. I've been in Hong Kong a lot, and I'm not
by pwinnski 7y ago
There are many human-oriented cities around the world in which mass-transit reigns, and they manage to make life work. I've been in Hong Kong a lot, and I'm not sure I can pick two points in Hong Kong that are 80 minutes apart from each other. I mean, maybe getting to the New Territories from Sai Wan Ho or something, but they have their own closer hospitals, so...
It's hard to explain dry land to a fish, but life without cars is possible.
- damnyou 7y agoI loved Hong Kong when I visited it but I would never want to live there. My quality of life in the US is much higher.
- Alupis 7y ago> There are many human-oriented cities around the world in which mass-transit reigns All of which are densely populated cities. This concept simply doesn't work in majority of America, where the average city is sparsely populated and quite spread out. People living in Seattle, San Francisco, New York, Portland, Austin, Los Angeles, etc... quickly forget what life is like in say... Fiddletown, California.
- pwinnski 7y agoYes, a city that bans cars would necessarily need to become a densely-populated city, for sure.
- magduf 7y agoIf Fiddletown, California were forced to pay for its own road construction and upkeep, instead of getting free money from the state or federal government, they'd have to massively raise their taxes, and the town would become a ghost town as people moved to the large cities that have lower per-capita infrastructure costs.