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Even if you wanted to use another mode of transport it's often impossible if you live in the suburbs / exurbs. Sidewalks can be patchy at best and bike lanes a

Even if you wanted to use another mode of transport it's often impossible if you live in the suburbs / exurbs. Sidewalks can be patchy at best and bike lanes are an afterthought; often they include the steepest part of the road grade to shed water off to the side and include pinch-flat-happy sunken sewer / drain grates. Roads are often laughably designed in a car-centric manner, i.e. higher than an European highway with no lane markings or stop signs, turning it into a veritable drag strip. Whenever someone in the boomer generation says "why don't kids go outside to play these days?", I always retort "look at the Outside that y'all designed for them" :|

paulcole 6y ago
> Even if you wanted to use another mode of transport it's often impossible if you live in the suburbs / exurbs. I grew up in the US suburbs (in an area with some of the hottest and most humid weather in the country) and it has all the problems you mentioned. However, I have made it to age 40 without ever driving a car. How? By not ever driving a car. Many people love the idea of biking/walking but they seem to love making excuses for not biking and not walking even more. Yes, it’s a risk. Many things are but people do them anyway. Yes, it’s inconvenient but that doesn’t mean it can’t be done.