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> Even today we are pumping so many toxins in to the air to deliver a slower, less efficient, and more expensive form of transport. Slower than what?

mwint 3y ago
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- rfrey 3y ago
  Ah yes, the infamous "they", who are plotting to take away your cars, your guns, and your hamburgers.
  - CrazyPyroLinux 3y ago
    I mean, yeah - They're pretty enthusiastically telling us that's what they want to do. It's not a conspiracy theory if they're actually advertising it...
    - CapstanRoller 3y ago
      Railfans in high places?
- adrianN 3y ago
  Try vacationing a couple of weeks in a city that isn't build around cars and has good public transport, maybe you'll understand. Tokyo is nice for example. Note that there still are cars in Tokyo, nobody is banning cars.
Gigachad 3y ago
Walkable cities + public transport. When I had a car it used to take me a minimum of 10 minutes to get anywhere. Cars have spaced out everything so far that over all we spend so much more time traveling. Now I live in a walkable area and almost everything I need is a few minutes away on foot, or a 20 minute train trip to the main city area.
- mtalantikite 3y ago
  I swear that living in NYC for nearly two decades has made me incapable of making a grocery list and shopping like pretty much everyone else in the country (only slightly kidding). I just walk down the street and grab what I need. I did just miss the 6 train by 15 seconds and am standing on the platform as I write this, which I guess is annoying? I’ll take it over driving in traffic though.
  - muglug 3y ago
    Whenever I leave NYC and go anywhere else in the US, walking a mile feels like an act of silent rebellion.
    - Gigachad 3y ago
      Had a friend from Texas move near me in Australia and they have just been exhausted trying to keep up because they aren't used to walking. Walking here is the fastest and most convenient way to get around. By the time you get your car out and find parking, you could have already been there on foot. You'll observe that the rate of obesity is extremely low in the walkable areas which I really think is heavily because the people there live more active lifestyles just getting around day to day.
      - kortilla 3y ago
        The rate of obesity is low because of survivorship bias, nothing more, nothing less. For obese and/or disabled people, living in New York is an absolute nightmare if you can’t afford public transit. Despite loving the city amenities, culture, nightlife, one of my family members had to give up and leave NYC because he couldn’t afford cabs everywhere and hated showing up to events late and sweat-soaked otherwise.
        reducesuffering 3y ago
        > The rate of obesity is low because of survivorship bias, nothing more, nothing less You think the rate of obesity is not at all affected by the amount of walking?

mwint 3y ago

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rfrey 3y ago
Ah yes, the infamous "they", who are plotting to take away your cars, your guns, and your hamburgers.
- CrazyPyroLinux 3y ago
  I mean, yeah - They're pretty enthusiastically telling us that's what they want to do. It's not a conspiracy theory if they're actually advertising it...
  - CapstanRoller 3y ago
    Railfans in high places?
adrianN 3y ago
Try vacationing a couple of weeks in a city that isn't build around cars and has good public transport, maybe you'll understand. Tokyo is nice for example. Note that there still are cars in Tokyo, nobody is banning cars.

Gigachad 3y ago

Walkable cities + public transport. When I had a car it used to take me a minimum of 10 minutes to get anywhere. Cars have spaced out everything so far that over all we spend so much more time traveling. Now I live in a walkable area and almost everything I need is a few minutes away on foot, or a 20 minute train trip to the main city area.

mtalantikite 3y ago
I swear that living in NYC for nearly two decades has made me incapable of making a grocery list and shopping like pretty much everyone else in the country (only slightly kidding). I just walk down the street and grab what I need. I did just miss the 6 train by 15 seconds and am standing on the platform as I write this, which I guess is annoying? I’ll take it over driving in traffic though.
- muglug 3y ago
  Whenever I leave NYC and go anywhere else in the US, walking a mile feels like an act of silent rebellion.
  - Gigachad 3y ago
    Had a friend from Texas move near me in Australia and they have just been exhausted trying to keep up because they aren't used to walking. Walking here is the fastest and most convenient way to get around. By the time you get your car out and find parking, you could have already been there on foot. You'll observe that the rate of obesity is extremely low in the walkable areas which I really think is heavily because the people there live more active lifestyles just getting around day to day.
    - kortilla 3y ago
      The rate of obesity is low because of survivorship bias, nothing more, nothing less. For obese and/or disabled people, living in New York is an absolute nightmare if you can’t afford public transit. Despite loving the city amenities, culture, nightlife, one of my family members had to give up and leave NYC because he couldn’t afford cabs everywhere and hated showing up to events late and sweat-soaked otherwise.
      - reducesuffering 3y ago
        > The rate of obesity is low because of survivorship bias, nothing more, nothing less You think the rate of obesity is not at all affected by the amount of walking?