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> The "obsession" is a practicality. That's the point, it's practical because it was designed that way. Intentionally. If you've lived in Europe, where mixed
by r00fus 4y ago
> The "obsession" is a practicality.
That's the point, it's practical because it was designed that way. Intentionally. If you've lived in Europe, where mixed developments are the default, then cars are actually only necessary some of the times.
My cousins in France live literally 2 doors down from a boulangerie and get fresh out of the oven pastries in 5 min.
The ideal is that instead of using the car, you use your feet and it's even faster.
- Ferret7446 4y agoYou can't beat physics. Sure, you can design things so that key facilities and services can be reached on foot, but you simply can't provide the same facilities that could be reached in a car radius vs walking radius.
- r00fus 4y agoSure you can. I've seen it done numerous ways. France is a good example (above) - not only is the boulangerie 2 doors down, the others are literally within 10m away by walk. In Hong Kong, some of my friends lived in a tower where the grocery, post office, etc were all on the basement floor (and the elevators were unbelievably fast) - I swear it was the closest thing I'd ever seen in this world to Foundation/Trantor. When thinking about a car, you also have to chalk-in parking and traffic. I bet you most people spend more than 10m door to door to their grocery store.