• michaelmrose@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    Seems it works out great for you but I don’t think it is a great solution for Americans who on average live far further from their work in inhospitable climates and are less healthy.

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      17 days ago

      Often times being pushed so far from their work because their city downtown is 60% parking lots and it illegal to build any new buildinga unless they are luxury condos or mcmansions.

      If the city still had decent density, they could easily live closer to work.

      • grue@lemmy.worldOPM
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        17 days ago

        Precisely. Claiming that biking is more dangerous than driving because car-supremacist land use patterns force cyclists out into suburban sprawl is essentially disingenuous victim-blaming.

        • michaelmrose@lemmy.world
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          13 days ago

          Claiming that biking is MUCH more dangerous than driving is just reality. It’s a function of dividing deaths by miles traveled. Individuals live in the real world as it is now and must make decisions based on actual reality not what you imagine might be fare in a more reasonable world than we live in whilst making positive change for the future.

          You aren’t a victim and nobody is blaming you by understanding actual reality.

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        13 days ago

        Great but we have to deal with the world as it is whilst improving it when we can. This means that we should build denser more walkable spaces going forward whilst realizing that we need trains and busses and electric cars not instead of better options but instead of gas cars.