People Hate the Idea of Car-Free Cities—Until They Live in One
People Hate the Idea of Car-Free Cities—Until They Live in One
Removing cars from urban areas means lower carbon emissions, less air pollution, and fewer road traffic accidents. So why are residents so resistant?
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Hating the idea..? Is this another American thing?
Wait until you hear that some not only hate the ideas, but think they’re a conspiracy theory by some higher power to make people….. be able to walk to the shops? I don’t know…
the most propagandized people in history
No no, the conspiracy is that by living in walkable cities, you're easier to track, because nobody in city has phones and there's no cameras anywhere in cities, and of course everybody in cities pays for things in cash...
Incidentally, the people I know who've fallen for this canard also live in the countryside, make it a point to never go to the city, and also have phones and debit/credit cards and spend time online....
So, do they drive around without a license plate?
Abigail Thorns video on the subject briefly yet beautifully dunked on the idea that taking away cars is taking away "freedom", since you need a government issued photo ID to operate them, registration and strict rules to use them on the roads, and new cars are full of computers monitoring you and sendingndata to insurance companies. To quote directly, "you know what doesn't do any of that? Fucking feet!"
Every time a new apartment or condo development gets built here, there are people in the local community forums who rabble about "15 minute cities" and how they are trying to force us get rid of cars and control our travel. In spite of the fact these buildings are built with parking lots and garages that are as big as, if not bigger than the buildings themselves.
Always worth remembering that American-style suburbs were a deliberate political project in the postwar period. They didn't "just happen", the government spend billions making them happen at the behest of auto makers, property developers, and racists (but I repeat myself).
The article talks about it happening throughout Europe, and politicians getting death threats for it.
It's not limited to Americans. But hey, it's mindless shitting on Americans, so let's upvoted it even though the article makes it clear the point makes no sense! We're so much better than those Americans who don't even bother to educate themselves.
@What_Religion_R_They @ylai i hate some nazi ideas with nazi itself in a pair. Not american, btw.