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I'm not sure how this refutes the idea that you don't need to own a car in a well-designed city
by zymhan 7y ago
I'm not sure how this refutes the idea that you don't need to own a car in a well-designed city
- mantas 7y agoDon't need, but it's still damn handy. And a "well-designed city" is usually based on assumption that all people are +/- identical. Well, guess what, different people have different preferences... Source: european
- megablast 7y agoSure, but also incredibly dangerous, costly, polluting and selfish.
- mantas 7y agoHuman life in general causes danger, costs, polluting and is selfish. Meanwhile I find "well designed city" environment bad to my mental health. Who (or what?) is it "well designed" for?
- iknowstuff 7y agoWell your finding is wrong. Well designed cities, which are dense and encourage walking, have lots of small businesses along the sidewalk etc., lead to lower occurrence of loneliness and depression (vs. suburban areas).
- mantas 7y agoAlright, let's say my personal experience is wrong. I guess I'm not a well-designed human. Is it a truly good design if people have to be designed for it? Moving away from downtown to outskirts worked pretty well to my mental health. Obviously different people have different needs. And even same human being have different needs in different stages of his life. But I find it hard to call something "well designed" if it works only for some people in some walks of life.
- pasttense01 7y agoDo any of these "well-designed cities" have reasonable housing costs?