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Re:The US has forgotten how to do infrastructure by LordKano on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @04:31PM (#14455665)
Unless you are driving quite a long distance and/or on the open highway, car travel is not as much faster than foot travel as some people seem to believe.

I'm going to have to disagree on this one.

I can drive to my local Wal-Mart in about 5 minutes. It would take me 30 minutes to walk there. I can drive there. Do my shopping, wait in line, pay, cart my stuff back out to my vehicle and drive home in less than the amount of time it would take to walk there.

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Re:The US has forgotten how to do infrastructure by specialist on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @05:34PM (#14456110)
Mz is clearly referring to urban (civilized) areas.

The closest WalMart to me (checking...) is 13 miles away.

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Re:The US has forgotten how to do infrastructure by LordKano on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @04:38PM (#14501099)
If that's the case, why the reference to open highways?
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Re:The US has forgotten how to do infrastructure by estebank on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @09:17PM (#14457225)
I've lived in multiple cities of different size where I had multiple grocery stores within 5 minutes walking. In dense-for-US SF where I need to drive for 10 minutes to get to the closest Safeway.
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