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The first car-free community built from scratch in the US is starting to take off: 'For some, cars equal freedom, but for me, it's a restriction' (www.thecooldown.com)
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Also a huge number of people in the US travel to places that are walkable:

  • Disney World
  • Las Vegas (The strip is anyway)
  • DC
  • NYC
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[–] PP_BOY_ 41 points 11 months ago (16 children)

car free community

cover photo shows both a car and parking lot

I'm just being pedantic but this just shows how ingrained cars are in modern society that even "car-free" communities need them

[–] QuikxSpec 21 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Also Disney is not designed for public use. It’s built to extract as much money out of you without leaving their property.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago

The strip is designed for that as well

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

And yet people enjoy it.

Maybe we should build our city centers the same way then.

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