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"Public transport is the only guaranteed way for a young person to be free and enjoy mobility." Wrong. We seldom used public transportation. We rode bikes. To
by ShadowBanThis01 3y ago
"Public transport is the only guaranteed way for a young person to be free and enjoy mobility."
Wrong. We seldom used public transportation. We rode bikes. To school, to movies, to friends' houses, to the beach.
Now, entire neighborhoods come to a standstill because the streets are clogged with hundreds of cars driving one child each door-to-door from home to school. WTF? WHY? And I was riding my bike to school in a Chicago suburb. Now I'm in L.A., where apparently the perfect year-round weather is TOO MENACING for kids to get themselves to school.
Pathetic.
I didn't see any specific basis for this article's assertions. What specifically has changed in suburbia that makes it so horrible for kids now?
- Symbiote 3y agoWhat's changed is a huge increase in cars and driving, and the size of the cars has made them more dangerous.
- ShadowBanThis01 3y agoGot any citations for that? The "increase in cars and driving?" And per what? Per block? Yes, we have entitled trash driving around in giant barges. But we also have anti-lock brakes. Not sure how the heavy, all-steel cars of decades ago compare to the bloated 5000-pound hogs favored for driving one kid to school today, admittedly.