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"is denying my ability to live a car-free daily life" Do they have police in place to watch if you own/use a car?
by WanderPanda 6y ago
"is denying my ability to live a car-free daily life"
Do they have police in place to watch if you own/use a car?
- epistasis 6y agoIn nearly all of the US, it is only legal to build a city in ways that require a car for daily life. For example, it is illegal for a small grocery store to exist within a mile of my house. It is also illegal to build housing close to where jobs have been located. The design of cities has been centrally planned to manufacture car dependence, and exclude the possibility of biking or walking. It also eliminates the possibility of shared transit from private companies from being profitable. A century ago, light rail companies built entire little suburbs that allowed people to get to jobs without cars. That's not possible anymore because of legal structures that ban planning that is compatible with that lifestyle. There is huge unmet demand for this, which is why cities are so much more expensive than far-based lifestyles these days.
- WanderPanda 6y agoWow that sounds awful indeed. These are heavy allegations, are you sure it is not a supply demand thing?