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Growing up in car-dependent suburbs is not conducive to a healthy, balanced, independent childhood. You’re right that many parents raise their kids in car-depen
by actionablefiber 4y ago
Growing up in car-dependent suburbs is not conducive to a healthy, balanced, independent childhood. You’re right that many parents raise their kids in car-dependent suburbs, at least in North America, which just means that this is a very large problem affecting a lot of people.
- MisterMower 4y agoAs opposed to the concrete jungles and public transit terminals typical of your larger US cities?
- actionablefiber 4y agoNo, not as opposed to them. The U.S. has a radically bimodal development pattern with very few developments that lie in between "dense cramped highrises" and "suburban wastelands of cars, asphalt, strip malls and large private homes with large lawns." This development pattern, which is exceedingly rare elsewhere in the world, excludes the kind of developments that are most needed, which are multifamily housing developments that offer decent private space to individuals while being dense and connected enough to offer public amenities and transit.