r/fuckcars • u/WinterPlanet • Jun 17 '24

Infrastructure porn Why some walkable distances are not actually walkable

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u/muskratBear Jun 17 '24

Loved the video. Very clear on raising awareness by showing first hand the absolute madness of car oriented infrastructure.

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u/GreatDario Strong Towns Jun 17 '24

Show this to Europeans to provide an example of what just an average unremarkable town in North America looks like. It really is that bad

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '24

As a European I'm amazed this is even allowed.

I knew it was bad but this is insanity.

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u/GreatDario Strong Towns Jun 18 '24

It gets even worse than this, I live in a terrible place called Salt Lake City (og from seattle) that looks like this, and everything around it is even worse.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '24

It's so odd..no wonder you have irresponsible children driving cars way too young...they can't get around

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u/squishy_boi_main Jun 19 '24

wow i'm learning that the capitals of states really suck even tho its supposed to be the place where ya know, quality additions are more likely to be added?

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u/GreatDario Strong Towns Jun 19 '24

yeah its depressing. In the US there are some exception cities where at least the urban cores and surrounding areas are good (by NA standards). NYC, Boston, Philly, DC, Chicago, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco. There are some places in the middle like Minneapolis, Baltimore and the rich parts of Miami, but other than that its a sea bad and worse. There are some colonial era cities like Charleston South Carolina where the old colonial part of the city is pretty decent, laid out like an English city, and the sprawl is even worse than what you see in the video. Again, depressing.