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Everyone's a nerd about something. What are you a nerd about? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 9 months ago by TheGoonch to c/asklemmy

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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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[–] fruitSnackSupreme 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] jgkawell 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

We need to build a strongtowns community on here

[–] jgkawell 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 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: [email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I subbed

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

I second the recommendation for Not Just Bikes on YouTube, probably one of the online content creators who've had the biggest effect on me. Another good one is Oh The Urbanity!

I haven't gotten around to reading it yet, but I've heard many recommend Confessions of a Recovering Traffic Engineer written by the founder of Strong Towns. Honestly, a lot of sources I've seen reference this book or are inspired by Strong Towns.