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> Cars are not some revelations-esque phenomenon and parking lots do not "eat" anything. This website provides a good counter argument: https://www.strongtown
by okeuro49 4y ago
> Cars are not some revelations-esque phenomenon and parking lots do not "eat" anything.
This website provides a good counter argument:
https://www.strongtowns.org/ https://www.strongtowns.org/
> In America, driving is far and away the best UX. You go where you want when you want with up to four passengers even in a very small starter car
Not for children/young people. In the Netherlands it's common for young people to develop independence using bicycles and public transport.
I think that is far more mentally healthy than the US's car centric infrastructure, which excludes young people, making them overdependent on their parents, or dependent on being online in order to socialise.
- hedora 4y agoThe US used to let kids roam with the current road layouts. The real problem with letting kids roam free is that we banned / defunded mental health care and gun regulations, and also gutted the middle class.
- bojangleslover 4y ago"In the Randstad, I also never drive. Because the UX is great."
- vGPU 4y agoPublic transport and free roaming children are contradictory. Where there is public transport, you won’t want your kids running around. If you want to live somewhere where you can let your children roam with relative safety, it’s going to be somewhere where public transport doesn’t exist.
- nayuki 4y agoPublic transit is a big factor. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-28/in-japan-small-children-take-the-subway-and-run-errands-alone https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-28/in-japan-... > In Japan, small children take the subway and run errands alone, no parent in sight.