Re:Jaywalking decriminalization, 100 years after the auto in...
by Jommi on Friday December 25, 2020 @09:30PM
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Its not a generalization. This is what suburb sprawl means:
https://www.treehugger.com/understanding-suburban-sprawl-409...
The no.1 factor is single-use zoning. This means people live in a certain zone, and commerce happens in another zone. No amount of personal anecdotes will affect this fact.
Re:Jaywalking decriminalization, 100 years after the auto in...
by jjav on Saturday December 26, 2020 @01:38PM
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It is a generalization to assert "Suburbia means that every trip out of the house will require a car", when it is easy to show there are counterexamples where this is not true.
One could say "There are suburban areas where every trip requires a car" and that's a true statement. The generalization is not a true statement.
That is quite a generalization. Some suburbs can be like that, with houses for miles on end and nothing else. That seems like the exception though.
Plenty of suburban neighborhoods have walkable commerce nearby. I have never lived in a city. And yet, I've never lived in a place where I couldn't walk to at least a supermarket. Currently I live in very suburban (borderline rural, really) area and nearly everything I could need is within a 15 minute walk (multiple supermarkets & pharmacies, hardware store, clothing, restaurants, movies, medical, etc.)