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Something something suburbanization and car dependency kills creativity
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Something something suburbanization and car dependency kills creativity
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You know what's really annoying about being a defensive driver is that it teaches you, with good reason, to assume if someone doesn't stop at a stop sign, they're going to blow right through it. Now everyone is blowing stop signs, but then stopping before they can actually enter traffic, and I'm just like
???
Can you please mcfuckin. stop. at. the. stop. sign. I'm tired.
Not to mention the close calls I've seen with pedestrians, because drivers are so used to not stopping anymore that needing to actually stop at the right place for pedestrians doesn't even occur to them!
Ok, I'm always a little surprised at the fact that people say that each US state feels like a different country because that's what it's supposed to be. Like, originally, the plan was "here are the different countries, being sovereign states, and we're all united together" It just turns out that begging states for tax money and having no power as a federal government was a pretty bad idea, so thanks ig constitution. That does make it one country, which is why it ends up looking homogeneous sometimes (especially with garbage car slop everywhere) but also why each state feels different β because they are.
Whatever happened to pogos? That looked really fun to use
if your response to people talking about the need for improved public transit and walkability is "BUT there are disabled people who can't walk or take public transit"
you need to take a long hard look at whether you actually care about disabled people
there are WAAAY more types of disability that make people unable to drive than there are ones that make people unable to navigate walkable, transit-friendly communities without a car but still leave them able to drive.
consider: vision issues, heart conditions, epilespy, other neurological issues like parkinson's or MS, stroke and other brain injuries, mobility limitations especially in the arms and legs, medication side-effects, sleep disorders, and pretty much any condition that could cause fatigue, blackouts, or temporarily inability to function which is super broad, including severe anemia, kidney disease, severe breathing disorders, severe diabetes, endocrine disorders, and a number of mental health conditions
a large portion of these people can safety and competently navigate walkable communities and even ride public transit.
and you want to know something? it's a tough reality to face but 99%+ of us at some point WILL be disabled in one of these ways. yes, probably you. it may happen near the end of your life, your vision deteriorates. or it could happen right now. it might happen for a few days, wees, or months, or for the rest of your life.
on top of this, there are also a lot of disabled people who cannot drive for reasons other than their disability: even if in theory they could drive, they cannot because they are too poor to own a car, or otherwise lack the resources to go through the arduous process of learning to drive, passing the driver's test, and then acquiring a car, having a place to park it, and getting insured, and keeping the car in good enough condition to keep driving it. cars are incredibly expensive and there are a lot of communities (dense cities in particular) where keeping a car is more difficult and costly.
yes, there are accessibility limitations with transit. not all people who use wheelchairs, power scooters, or other mobility aids are able to ride "accessible" buses, trains, or paratransit, or access "accessible" stations or businesses or other buildings. yes, navigating walkable communities and/or transit becomes more complex and difficult with any of these disabilities and some places will always be inaccessible to you with any disability
but the point is, walkability and transit helps disabled people FAR more than any disabled people are excluded from walkability or transit.
if you are one of the disabled people who is excluded from walkability or transit, but able to drive a car, then i get it, walkability advocacy and transit advocacy doesn't benefit you directly.
but in order for society to work and in order to help all disabled people, we NEED people to support solutions that help people other than themselves. let us advocate for transit and walkability in peace, without shutting us down. if you don't want to make that your #1 passionate issue then i totally understand and i will never judge you if you stay out of the movement entirely. but stop shutting us down. and stop tolerating (and reblogging) the discourse that shuts us down without offering anything constructive.
it's not really about helping disabled people, it's about shutting down the advocacy for walkability and transit. i really think this discourse is part of car culture, it's part of the cultural negativity in the US that is directed at anyone who critciizes car dependency
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There's nothing more American than being hopelessly dependent on the products of a billion dollar company.
The other day I decided to count all of the cars again while I was out for a walk
Semi busy road, only walked for about 20 minutes
& How many cars did I count?
192
192 fucking cars
I knew we as a society have a serious car dependency problem, but my god
& even seeing the other cars, I'd probably say only half of that amount had 2 people in it. Only about 4 or 5 people had a full car & most of those were families!
It makes a lot of sense that a society like the U.S would repeatedly evolve to force everyone to use a singular product
Because if you run a company, and that corporation is cancerous enough to crush any competition, then when there's nobody else to compete with, the only way to keep the business alive is to start eating any viable alternatives to using your product.
This means needing a phone to do the most basic tasks, and needing a truck to leave your house, and needing new glasses because everything in your life from screens to headlights is making your vision worse.
The end game for a business isn't to make the best product, it's to manufacture an addiction.