• corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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    11 days ago

    the “amenities” eliminated are parking minimums, and you’re assuming that the parking minimums aren’t causing oversupply of unused parking lots.

    That’s like “saving time” by not installing electricity or smoke alarms. What a boondoggle; especially in car-dependent America!

    • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
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      11 days ago

      The people who need cars won’t buy these. Not everyone needs every feature. That’s like complaining about lack of an on site gym. If that’s important to you, find a place that has it.

      I can name five people who don’t have a car and are happy. Can you name five people who don’t have electricity and are happy? Or will you admit that your point is a bit exaggerated?

    • jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      11 days ago

      fastest way to not be car-dependent america is to remove the cars from places that dont need them. I’ve lived without owning a car for over a decade in the US. surprise! building parking lots in cities doesnt make sense!

      • CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works
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        11 days ago

        That seems entirely dependent on where you live. Some cities make it real easy to live without a car, but most don’t and every city in WA outside of Seattle (2.5hrs from the city in this article) is just the same.

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          10 days ago

          That seems entirely dependent on where you live.

          reading comprehension is lacking.

          fastest way to not be car-dependent america is to remove the cars from places that dont need them.

            • jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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              10 days ago

              reading comprehension is lacking.

              you really struggle with this. dont put words in other peoples mouths.

              • CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works
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                10 days ago

                How do you figure? You specifically bolded “in places that don’t need them” in a reply to my “some cities make it easy to go without a car but most don’t” which sounds like you’re in agreement that some cities can do without cars. Vancouver, WA is not one of those cities.

                • jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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                  10 days ago

                  You made an unsubstantiated claim about most cities and proceeded to then put words in my mouth asserting i agreed with you. which I never in way stated. ‘where it makes sense’ doesnt mean I agreed with your position on Vancouver. Which in fact I dont since its barely larger than my current city geographically. and crossing the city takes < 50 minutes on a bike and thats literally one corner to the other, a trip I almost never make. Its 5 minutes longer than taking the public train to the same location. and 20 minutes more than a car (assuming good traffic which is never assured).

                  About the only thing parking mandates do is increase urban sprawl and make the situation worse.

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                    do you see how replying to “every city in WA except of Seattle doesn’t make it real easy to live without a car, and the city in the article is very much outside of Seattle” with “you can’t read, i was just talking about places that don’t need them” makes one think you’re saying that “the city in the article is not one of the places that don’t need them”?

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                10 days ago

                can’t you just explain I’ve got no idea what you’re saying either

                flippancy is just the progressive version of virtue signaling—it gets nobody else on your side

    • itsprobablyfine@sh.itjust.works
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      10 days ago

      Just because your lifestyle requires a car doesn’t mean everyone’s does. I would love less parking lots, less roads with cars on them, less car infrastructure in general. You can have your infrastructure in your suburbs, let us have ours in our cities.