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Maybe if you're living in the Alaskan wilderness, but pull up a map of San Francisco, Austin, or Denver and you'll find a plethora of parks, coffee shops, and p
by s1artibartfast 2y ago
Maybe if you're living in the Alaskan wilderness, but pull up a map of San Francisco, Austin, or Denver and you'll find a plethora of parks, coffee shops, and pubs. That doesn't stop people from sitting at home watching Netflix alone
- bdangubic 2y agolol america to non-american who watch a lot of movies might be SF, Denver, Austin… and even in those urban areas (which is not typical America) most people would need a serious drive to find a park (I used to live in Denver area, walking to a park would have been like 110k steps :) )
- s1artibartfast 2y agoStrange, I pull up downtown Denver and I see like 20 parks within a square mile. However, this kind of whataboutism illustrates my point. There's a near infinite number of places humans can congregate to enjoy each other's company. It can be a park or a coffee shop or a pub or your kitchen table for tea. The fact that none of these are suitable demonstrates that the desire to get together is not there.
- Jensson 2y agoCan poor people afford to live there? In Europe poor neighborhoods has that as well, so everyone can get that if they want.
- s1artibartfast 2y agoyeah, there are also open spaces and shops in the suburbs and country outside of urban centers.
- bdangubic 2y ago> "downtown Denver" downtown Denver can house minuscule part of the population of the Denver metro area - only those affluent enough to afford it. America (again) is not downtown Denver or downtown SF or downtown anything...
- amrocha 2y agoThose homes are so expensive that only high income earners can afford rent. Hence my comment.