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I can't stand how USA is built, with the exception of few cities (nyc, boston, philly, dc....) rest is horribly desolated place where to do anything you sit in

I can't stand how USA is built, with the exception of few cities (nyc, boston, philly, dc....) rest is horribly desolated place where to do anything you sit in isolated in cars and only human contact is around commercial areas. Take for example a middle-east or european town/city. Lot of housing/buildings built side by side or so close only a person can walk through, within these narrow streets you have also got all sorts of shops (small grocery store, pharmacy, printing shop, laundry, accountant, cafe, ice-cream shop....) and then there are "car" streets, where you park and drive the car through to the "road". Kids play in these streets without worrying about cars ever coming in, you can walk to most shops in less than 3 mins, people can sit outside of their house and talk to neighbors, go to cafe at the corner to eat with friends, and more. I once had to go to suburbs for the job, and everything you do, even buying a gallon of milk required 8+ mile drive to walmart. No parks, no pavements, no sense of community, no shops, just drive drive drive... Literally felt like i was stuck in some sort of weird space ship waiting for the landing to destination and had to endure sitting in my seat for meanwhile. The sad thing is, city design and housing like this affects, mental health, economical mobility, social life, and everything else.. To contrast what I said How usually the cities are: https://earth.google.com/web/@41.39383041,2.16478558,31.98194504a,0d,60y,54.80872971h,97.38948086t,0r/data=IhoKFmV1a3Y1UG9CRG5XQzN0WEJySy1YZFEQAg?utm_source=referral&utm_campaign=earthview&utm_term=extension https://earth.google.com/web/@41.39383041,2.16478558,31.9819... How most of USA is: https://www.google.com/maps/@27.9718179,-82.4868834,3a,75y,108.38h,78.91t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s2r4IwWMHlJD89nTdYssSyg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3D2r4IwWMHlJD89nTdYssSyg%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D89.794975%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656 https://www.google.com/maps/@27.9718179,-82.4868834,3a,75y,1...

Noos 5y ago
But on the flip side, i can walk to a bubbling stream that's right in my back yard. I have never gotten mugged, never had to worry about shitty neighbors yelling loud enough to hear through the walls of my house, never needed to thread my way through panhandlers or beggars, never had shit stolen from me, and can see deer and wildlife sometimes even walk through the streets at night. People seem to think a lack of privacy, quiet, and safety is this massive benefit.
- lifeplusplus 5y ago
  you have safety, privacy and quiet in those areas as well. And instead of backyard you have open parks with soccer, tennis and basketball courts in walking distance.

Noos 5y ago

But on the flip side, i can walk to a bubbling stream that's right in my back yard. I have never gotten mugged, never had to worry about shitty neighbors yelling loud enough to hear through the walls of my house, never needed to thread my way through panhandlers or beggars, never had shit stolen from me, and can see deer and wildlife sometimes even walk through the streets at night. People seem to think a lack of privacy, quiet, and safety is this massive benefit.

lifeplusplus 5y ago
you have safety, privacy and quiet in those areas as well. And instead of backyard you have open parks with soccer, tennis and basketball courts in walking distance.