A Boring Dystopia

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How extreme car dependency is driving Americans to unhappiness (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by return2ozma to c/aboringdystopia

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

Living in a walkable city is nice.

This is so true! I was telling my family about that a few years ago when I was living in a semi-walkable place, and then they started grilling me about how long it takes me to do things. I had to concede that it does take longer to walk in some cases than drive, BUT the travel to and from is actually nice, and I look forward to the walk as time for looking around and enjoying my time. They didn't understand, but they also will get in their car to drive a mile, so...

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

It's also a lot easier to stop and do something fun when you're walking. Pop in a new shop, take a detour through a park, whatever. Usually when you're driving you're going too fast to really take in what's around, and stopping is often a whole ordeal of finding parking.

"Death and Life of Great American Cities" talked about this. It's old, but still an interesting read.