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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Step 5: Get hit by a car while on your bike and wind up with lifelong injuries because your city does not have bike-friendly infrastructure and riding on major roads is essentially a death wish.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

Lol, you think horrific injury with permanent loss of limbs stops north americans from driving?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

OK, those are the solutions for people living in a city center. Commutes are short enough to walk or bike, and for longer trips, there is a bus or tram every five minutes. Got it.

And what would be the solution for those people living outside the city centers? Biking from here to the city is 20km, nearly an hour downhill towards the city, but at least one and a half back up. Busses go every hour, but only Mo-Fr during the core hours. In the evening or on weekends, bus traffic is spotty, to say the least. And Trams, well, we don't do trams or trains in the country.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

Design better cities. End sprawl.

But it's probably too late for cities already designed to be suburban hell to make any changes that dont involve redesigning and tearing up half the city. I mean, its possible but unlikely in north america at least

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 hours ago

So it's bike, bus, train and walk. I mean, yeah.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
  • Live somewhere that doing so is viable.
[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago (2 children)
  • Be able to afford to live somewhere dense enough.
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

I became much richer when i moved into the city and sold my car.

Cars are a drain on your money, time, and mental health

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

Here's a convenient list of affordable cities in the US.

https://youtu.be/IKxR06isoLU