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I too have put lots of time and energy into this and many other city building games. Agree on everything you say, but I do wonder to what extent the bad traffi

I too have put lots of time and energy into this and many other city building games. Agree on everything you say, but I do wonder to what extent the bad traffic and all those limitations are an inherent statement that these games carry by design. A statement on how we think urban design should work blah blah. SimCity 2000 certainly had a sharper, more pointed set of things to say that presumably originated with Will Wright. Skylines obviously can’t be too political about it, they just have to keep it mild to sell. I do remember this guy making a great series of videos explaining a lot about how cities were/are made while playing through a modded copy of Skylines. Highly recommend here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwkSQD3vqK1S1NiHIxxF2g_Uy-LbbcR84 https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwkSQD3vqK1S1NiHIxxF2g_Uy... I can imagine what you’re wanting for will probably be delivered with a variety of mods and community content. Or as DLC?

samtp 4y ago
How is using your legs in an urban area political?
- scyzoryk_xyz 4y ago
  How that urban area came to be is highly political. How it evolves is as well.
- throw0101c 4y ago
  > How is using your legs in an urban area political? Since you asked, "Conspiracy Theorists Think Walkable Cities Are Really Open-Air Prison Dystopias Now": * https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7g898/walkable-15-minute-cities-con https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7g898/walkable-15-minute-ci... "Conspiracy Theorists Are Coming for the 15-Minute City" * https://www.wired.co.uk/article/15-minute-cities-conspiracy-climate-denier https://www.wired.co.uk/article/15-minute-cities-conspiracy-...
  - phpisthebest 4y ago
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    - tanaros 4y ago
      > Combine that with that UK city that wants people to get permission to leave there zones... If you’re referring to the Oxfordshire plan, this has been somewhat misrepresented. The proposal is to limit access through some specific roads in the city center. Residents can use the ring road to access the same destinations without any restrictions.
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  - mcv 4y ago
    Yeah, after all the insane conspiracy theories of the past couple of years, I thought conspiracies had peaked. But no, this one takes the cake. Apparently everything that helps people and makes life a bit nicer is inherently suspect and evil. Only if we suffer in mindless dystopia can we be truly free, or something.
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- vkou 4y ago
  Some people oppose walking and biking and transit infrastructure on the basis that poor and other undesirable people will start showing up in their neighborhoods. Not everything has to be political, but if you start digging, everything is.

samtp 4y ago

How is using your legs in an urban area political?

scyzoryk_xyz 4y ago
How that urban area came to be is highly political. How it evolves is as well.
throw0101c 4y ago
> How is using your legs in an urban area political? Since you asked, "Conspiracy Theorists Think Walkable Cities Are Really Open-Air Prison Dystopias Now": * https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7g898/walkable-15-minute-cities-con https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7g898/walkable-15-minute-ci... "Conspiracy Theorists Are Coming for the 15-Minute City" * https://www.wired.co.uk/article/15-minute-cities-conspiracy-climate-denier https://www.wired.co.uk/article/15-minute-cities-conspiracy-...
- phpisthebest 4y ago
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  - tanaros 4y ago
    > Combine that with that UK city that wants people to get permission to leave there zones... If you’re referring to the Oxfordshire plan, this has been somewhat misrepresented. The proposal is to limit access through some specific roads in the city center. Residents can use the ring road to access the same destinations without any restrictions.
    - phpisthebest 4y ago
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- mcv 4y ago
  Yeah, after all the insane conspiracy theories of the past couple of years, I thought conspiracies had peaked. But no, this one takes the cake. Apparently everything that helps people and makes life a bit nicer is inherently suspect and evil. Only if we suffer in mindless dystopia can we be truly free, or something.
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vkou 4y ago
Some people oppose walking and biking and transit infrastructure on the basis that poor and other undesirable people will start showing up in their neighborhoods. Not everything has to be political, but if you start digging, everything is.