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Re:Young adults are struggling with their mental health by lotsofpulp on Saturday December 31, 2022 @11:17AM (#34197783)
Lots of US suburbs have roads with 3 lanes in each direction.

Then you add one or two left turn lanes at the intersection and a shoulder/bike lane, and you get to an 80ft+ crossing easily. All the infrastructure is built for cars and cars only. All the businesses and places for kids to go will be along these huge roads.

This is an example of what is commonly built:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/wpdBbQJggYrpjeNz8?g_st=ic

That crosswalk/sidewalk is purely built for plausible deniability. You would have to be crazy to regularly walk across that to get to the grocery store/restaurants at that intersection.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/rnjYVbLweNQZYFqW9?g_st=ic

https://maps.app.goo.gl/bu4ow3HVTM3VTRct9?g_st=ic

https://maps.app.goo.gl/owb32s3zPFShPXJ48?g_st=ic

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Re:Young adults are struggling with their mental health by odessacubbage on Saturday December 31, 2022 @12:46PM (#34198756)
i'm not sure many people would describe phoenix or tampa as suburban
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Re:Young adults are struggling with their mental health by lotsofpulp on Saturday December 31, 2022 @01:20PM (#34199097)
Whatever we want to describe it as, the point is there are a decent number of kids that live in places with roads like these.
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Re:Young adults are struggling with their mental health by odessacubbage on Saturday December 31, 2022 @02:19PM (#34199718)
i feel like must be where part of the disconnect lies because despite my personal antipathy towards suburban living, pretty much every one i've visited has had superb infrastructure for walking and biking.
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