Parking kills businesses, not bikes or buses

Re:Parking kills businesses, not bikes or buses by ericmay on Saturday April 09, 2022 @04:04PM (#30971517)

> In order to have neighborhoods where cars are not required, you need density. That means fewer single family homes and more apartments.

Yes but not in the way you’re describing. Apartments would be part of the single family home neighborhood. Which is good. People who are single for example can live in the community and meet people. Which brings me to the next point:

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> Many Americans have underdeveloped social skills and don't want to be/live near other people.

Right. Because we choose to live in suburbs and make it so we are this way. We could just, ya know, not do this? It’s like saying well I’m not using Google because Ask Jeeves has conditioned me to use a crappy search engine. Well… just stop then?

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Re:Parking kills businesses, not bikes or buses by giantg2 on Saturday April 09, 2022 @04:34PM (#30971779)

I'd like to see some sources on the reason for having underdeveloped social skills. Sure, exposure to situations is necessary to an extent. You still have shy urbanites as well as kind/inviting rural people. I would venture a guess that much of it is culture based (eg southern hospitality, NYC has a reputation for being gruff/big personalities, etc)

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Re:Parking kills businesses, not bikes or buses by ericmay on Saturday April 09, 2022 @04:38PM (#30971819)

I don’t even know that we do have “underdeveloped social skills” if I’m being truthful. But if we do I think “how we live” is probably a good starting point since so many people are just cooped up all day.

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