Yeah just as most Americans think their suburbs are the shit. Until they live in an actual walkable city and it turns out you don’t need a car to survive.
Anyhoo. I guess it depends how you define a walkable city. There’s plenty of places in Australia where you really don’t need to own a car, and can walk to everything you need or use public transport.
Still, most Australians choose to live in the suburbs for all the reasons I mentioned.
A walkable city means you have everything you need to thrive within a 5 - 10 min walk. Not just “survive” - i.e a grocery store or whatever. Gyms, restaurants, local establishments, work, etc. Public transport gets you to the next region like that, and is necessary mostly to go somewhere because someone else you want to meet lives further away.
Is it ok if people just think differently? Is it ok that maybe some people want to live in the city and some want to live in the suburbs? Do we have to attack every way of life with every flaw that it presents? Is it ok if we just live?
It’s not a “nice balance” it is literally the opposite of that.
Aparently most Australians disagree with you.
Yeah just as most Americans think their suburbs are the shit. Until they live in an actual walkable city and it turns out you don’t need a car to survive.
I only just noticed this is posted in /c/fuckcars
Anyhoo. I guess it depends how you define a walkable city. There’s plenty of places in Australia where you really don’t need to own a car, and can walk to everything you need or use public transport.
Still, most Australians choose to live in the suburbs for all the reasons I mentioned.
A walkable city means you have everything you need to thrive within a 5 - 10 min walk. Not just “survive” - i.e a grocery store or whatever. Gyms, restaurants, local establishments, work, etc. Public transport gets you to the next region like that, and is necessary mostly to go somewhere because someone else you want to meet lives further away.
Is it ok if people just think differently? Is it ok that maybe some people want to live in the city and some want to live in the suburbs? Do we have to attack every way of life with every flaw that it presents? Is it ok if we just live?
(Not at you Maalus)
I mean honestly …when one of those “different thoughts” is massively contributing to making earth uninhabitable for
humancomplex life?No, that’s not okay.
Amazing.