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I was hoping this was a story about walkable streets and great urban placemaking, terrible to see it's actually a sign of misery.
by CalRobert 4y ago
I was hoping this was a story about walkable streets and great urban placemaking, terrible to see it's actually a sign of misery.
- jader201 4y agoNot everyone in the world lives in a city, and for some folks, cars are a necessity. Sure, for some folks in the city, moving towards a car-less world may be ideal, but it’s not practical for every single person on the planet.
- soperj 4y ago> Not everyone in the world lives in a city, and for some folks, cars are a necessity. Humans have been around for hundreds of thousands of years. Cars have been around for a little over 100. It's not a necessity, it's nice to have.
- klysm 4y agoTherefore anything invented since the very first humans existed is strictly not a necessity. Doesn’t seem like a particularly useful definition to me.
- coldtea 4y ago>Therefore anything invented since the very first humans existed is strictly not a necessity. Obviously. >Doesn’t seem like a particularly useful definition to me. It's just the dictionary one. We can invent a laxer version...
- sgillen 4y agoThat doesn’t mean we can’t root for more walkable cities!
- tormeh 4y agoThe article is about Shanghai, which is known to be a city.
- pshc 4y agoWe currently live in a car-infested inferno of a planet, what's the use in pointing out that people outside of urban centers often need cars? We still need to drastically and urgently reduce car dependence.
- 8note 4y agocars being a necessity is just a sign of bad design for the living space. the number of people for whom its actually a necessity is very small, and are pretty well all companies
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