Interchange in Houston is the same size as an entire city center in Italy

Re:Interchange in Houston is the same size as an entire city... by donjoe on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @10:49AM (#24342363)

Social aspects in the sense of that we nowadays use them for cars only. Back in the days people traded on streets, had cafes and social interactions. Kids could play football and learn how to cycle. That's all used up by cars with all the externalities that comes with it such as dirt, noise, wasted space, deaths by accidents and air pollution.

Not to forget: streets were used that way until ~80 years ago. We just can't remember them any different any more.

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Re:Interchange in Houston is the same size as an entire city... by cyberdrunk on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @06:56AM (#24351953)

> Social aspects in the sense of that we nowadays use them for cars only. Back in the days people traded on streets, had cafes and social interactions. Kids could play football and learn how to cycle.

I still see some of that in my dense city with car traffic. Obviously, this now happens on the sidewalk and not on the street itself. The major difference is kids not playing on the more major streets.

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