re: This "walkable cities" thing I keep hearing about...

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For as spread out as some of America is cars are the only solution.

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In urban areas, you can absolutely make the areas walkable. More mixed use neighborhoods with no parking minimums and good public transportation.

The real issue is there is no political will in America to change anything. Americans are too fat and lazy and addicted to cars.

Hell, there are meltdowns when the city adds bike lanes around town.

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People seem to understimate how much of their life they live in their cars, especially when it is critical to where they live.

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Yes because of the garbage arse, retarded urban planning of American cities around the car. It's costly in terms of tax dollars to build and maintain and time.

So much of the population wastes hours each day commuting. It is stupid design. There is no debate to be had here. Most American cities are terribly planned and designed due to the car brain rot.

Any attempts to fund or improve public transportation or add rail / bus infrastructure is met with cries of SoCiAlIsM or some other retarded trope by the mouthbreathers.