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I think this is an Amwrican thing. I live in Copenhagen, and have never owned a car. Neither have many of my friends, and it isn't a problem. There are probably
by mixmax 17y ago
I think this is an Amwrican thing. I live in Copenhagen, and have never owned a car. Neither have many of my friends, and it isn't a problem. There are probably a few reasons for this
- Many European cities don't have the American version of suburbs that basically require you yo have a car. Homes and businesses are generallly more intertwined and have sprung up over the ages around a town center.
- Public transportation is a lot better. In the rush hour it's often quicker to use public transportation than a car. A bike is the fastest.
- It's socially accepted. As mentioned many people don't even have cars, and it's not because of a lack of money.
- erlanger 17y ago"Many European cities don't have the American version of suburbs" That's because most European cities don't have remotely this kind of population growth, let alone the space to accommodate it on the fly.
- kiddo 17y agoI don't think it has much to do with population growth. I think it has more to do with planning in advance where you want your growth to be. In the US we just let developers put new houses pretty much wherever they want, which turns out to be where land is cheap, which is usually far from existing developments. In Europe the govt has more direct involvement and only allows development to happen where they want it to happen.
- pchristensen 17y agoCopenhagen has also consciously moved in that direction for over 30 years. Lots of little, incremental progress adds up a lot over decades. The American method tends to change every 4 to 8 years and look for a big bang within that time frame.