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The 1950s plan for a Washington Square Highway (2014)
- sandworm101 6y agoIt is a bypass. You've got to build bypasses.
- madamelic 6y agoNot really, especially in NYC. We need to leave behind the idea that vehicles should be first class citizens in cities, especially in crowded areas like around Washington Square Park.
- throwaway0a5e 6y agoThere's a pretty wide gulf of sane urban planning between the stupid extremes of making vehicles first class citizens (example: LA) and opposing needed infrastructure developments for ideological brownie points (example: Boston).
- jonmoore 6y agoA bypass provides a route around a population center to offload traffic - this would have done the opposite, reducing quality of life for thousands of nearby residents, workers, and others using the neighborhood. For comparison, the more recent approach of increased pedestrianisation and traffic calming has been a significant improvement to life in the New York areas where it's been applied.
- sandworm101 6y agoYou didn't get the reference. It is a very famous line from the opening scene of a very famous work.
- chrisseaton 6y agoI don't get why people choose to speak in riddles then are surprised when it turns out it doesn't help them communicate.
- compsciphd 6y agoI understood as a joking reference to the hitchhiker's guide.
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- chrisseaton 6y agoYes but that doesn't mean anything to someone who's never listened to it - as you can see by the confusion in the comments.
- sandworm101 6y agoOnly the lazy people. Normal people will see something they do not understand, take that failing as a learning moment, and do some basic research. Any googling would find this instantly. I hazard it would take less time to cut-and-paste the line into google than it would to type out any multi-word comment on HN. Not a day goes by that I do not see some term on HN that I don't understand. What better way to learn?
- chrisseaton 6y agoIf you look at the comments you can see people think they did understand and replied in good faith. Quoting like this is unkind - it’s only done to set a trap so people can roll their eyes and say ‘oh didn’t you get it?’
- madamelic 6y agoWhy would I search a comment's text? Re-reading that comment gives me zero indication that it is referencing a piece of media. This isn't a 'failing' on my part, but a failing on conveying that it is either: 1) a joke 2) a reference
- bregma 6y agoMust be Thursday. Never could get the hang of Thursdays.
- sandworm101 6y agoThe one other scifi nerd who gets the reference to the first scene of the most influential radio play in history.
- techplex 6y agoIf you watched Mrs. Maisel, you might remember the scene with Jane Jacobs.