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[-] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 51 points 1 year ago

This but also a lack of experiencing good transit

[-] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago

True, but I'm just going off of my experience as an American. Too many people are so antisocial that the idea of sharing space with other strangers is foreign, mostly because they've lived so long without it. Obviously this isn't true in places like NYC, but in Los Angeles you'd have a hell of a time convincing people to give up their cars.

[-] reev@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago

I think a lack of being in public spaces creates the antisocial "uncomfortable around other people" issues that have been growing. Sprawl kills communities!

[-] pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No it doesn't. Rampant abuse and bigotry does, and that is the reality most Americans accept that you deny.

It's dangerous being around strangers here, especially male ones who will overpower and beat/kill you in public for the slightest offense.

So people, especially women and trans folk, are safer in cars than they are on public transport.

And that's nothing to say of the Jim Crow era, or how public transport was denied during the lockdowns depriving the elderly of freedom of movement.

No. Getting rid of cars will always be bad. You'll never have your green utopia and you ought not to have it.

[-] reev@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Safer from crimes is an argument that I could get behind depending on what country you're in but in terms of keeping people alive, especially people outside of cars, cars are so much unsafer for all genders.

As for green utopia, I'm chillin'

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