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Very mixed feelings about this sort of thing. On one hand, it's practical and seems to immediately offer a minor amount of relief for a very small number of pe
by phil21 4y ago
Very mixed feelings about this sort of thing.
On one hand, it's practical and seems to immediately offer a minor amount of relief for a very small number of people. Don't let perfect be the enemy of good and all that.
On the other hand, the urban design that caused the social fabric of the country to fall apart will remain, causing the problem to continue unabated. You need to fix this before the people get old to have any meaningful wider impact on the population.
Seems like some form of surface-level McCivics vs. actually building up lasting civic institutions that can endure and strengthen the community throughout all life phases.
- starkd 4y agoBuilding up lasting institutions is only going to happen from the ground up, starting at the local level. I tend to doubt it can successfully be imposed from the top down - especially not by the government.
- hedora 4y agoWhat about the national parks service?
- starkd 4y agoNot really a "civic institution". that's a governement agency.
- micromacrofoot 4y agomaybe not the federal government, but states could do it - eliminating single-family zoning, for example