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I’d much rather people who disagree with this point of view dissect it in a reply than reflexively downvote. I personally disagree with twblalock’s conclusions

I’d much rather people who disagree with this point of view dissect it in a reply than reflexively downvote. I personally disagree with twblalock’s conclusions but acting like path dependency isn’t a powerful force reminds me of the kids who stick their fingers in their ear whilst shouting “I can’t hear you!”.

mywittyname 4y ago
- twblalock 4y ago
  > People in agreement with the OP would be better served by someone who starts off acknowledging that biking and public transit work in other places and presenting their objections in that context. Biking and public transit work, in a very small number of very dense places, and people drive cars everywhere else. Even in Europe and Japan, the supposed paradises of public transit, most people own and drive cars daily unless they live in London or Tokyo or other dense cities. Accept that fact, and then you will be arguing in good faith. But to pretend that I'm ignoring some kind of bicycle-friendly paradise in other parts of the world is just silly. The super-dense cities where this works are outliers.