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Everyone's a nerd about something. What are you a nerd about? (lemmy.world)

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I know it's an unpopular opinion given current circumstances, but I've always been a huge nerd about Russia. The history, the geography, the music, etc. And as an American, I've always found it fascinating how U.S.-Russian relations have fluctuated over time. We've gone from allies, to enemies, to frenemies. This doesn't mean I support Z or Putin, of course. What are you a nerd about?

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[-] Evkob@lemmy.ca 53 points 8 months ago

My friends would all tell you how tired they are of hearing me go on and on about urban planning and infrastructure.

The ways in which our communities are built have such a large and profound impact on our lives, yet most people give little thought to it. IMO a great deal of the social woes we're dealing with (at least in North America) are caused or made worse by our lack of sensible city-planning, from carbon emissions to social isolation.

There exists so many cool and interesting ways to build solid, sustainable communities! It's really exciting! Sadly I have to live that excitement by researching other countries. The only form of city-planning that seems to exist here in Canada is "highway going through a parking lot interspaced with strip malls and encircled by single-family housing suburbs".

[-] fruitSnackSupreme@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Where can I learn more about this? It sounds interesting!

[-] jgkawell@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

There's a ton of good resources out there! If you're in North America, Strong Towns is a great place to start. On YouTube there are great channels like Not Just Bikes, RMTransit, and City Beautiful.

[-] mrbm@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago

We need to build a strongtowns community on here

[-] jgkawell@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

That's a really good idea. Just checked and c/strong_towns does actually exist! It's not active but if we all start using it we could make it into something.

[-] CommunityLinkFixer@lemmings.world 3 points 8 months ago

Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !strong_towns@lemmy.world

[-] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

I subbed

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