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Re:What happens when a city bans cars from its streets? by mymythisisthis on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @08:44PM (#21277828)
People travel for about 3hrs before wanting a break. Cars killed all small cities a 3hr drive away from a major city. It's like a nuclear bomb went off in most small cities.
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Re:What happens when a city bans cars from its streets? by Gibbon1 on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @09:00PM (#21277934)
My GF's dad said where he he lived in the Midwest there used to be a small store at each major cross roads. About every 5 miles.

Cars came and every other one died and there was a store every ten miles.

Then they paved the road and it was every 30 miles.

And then the interstate when in and only the major towns every 60 miles apart survived.

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Re:What happens when a city bans cars from its streets? by mymythisisthis on Sunday October 20, 2019 @05:00PM (#21307102)
Drivers in Wyoming drive an average of 21,821 miles a year (https://www.carinsurance.com/Articles/average-miles-driven-p...) The circumference of the earth is 24,900 miles.

Our species will not survive much longer.

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