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

Note that the person I was responding to is saying "we can ban cars and gas stations in 5 years" full stop. And then the NJB quote of

That was fixable within a generation. the US isn't.

It can get better but it cannot be fixed in your children's lifetimes. Canada might be.

So no, I am not saying we can't make it better (or that cities can't do it). Just that it's a complete mess nationwide.