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Re:Loneliness is stronger when not alone by slifin on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @10:30AM (#36404560)
Some people are completely blind to the negative externalities of motor vehicles

Living near traffic noise increases your chance of stroke

Probably not the best place to be putting impressionable young people looking for connection

Re:Loneliness is stronger when not alone by domador on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @10:35AM (#36404640)
I think the reference was to foot traffic, not vehicle traffic.
Re:Loneliness is stronger when not alone by coldtea on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @10:38AM (#36404704)
I think that's basically off topic, and a very minor concern.
Re:Loneliness is stronger when not alone by goodpoint on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @12:02PM (#36406051)
It's not minor at all as proven by scientific research.
Re:Loneliness is stronger when not alone by coldtea on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @03:03AM (#36415318)
Still totally irrelevant.

"Living near traffic noise increases your chance of stroke. Probably not the best place to be putting impressionable young people looking for connection"

This isn't about _living_ near traffic noise (which is what has been "proven by scientific research). It's about some young people doing an event for a few hours in a city setting.

The chances of young people in general having a stroke are near 0, and the concern of them having a stroke because they stayed near traffic noise for a few hours is so low and misguided, it doesn't even make sense. Might as well worry about falling pianos when standing near buildings.

It's also doubly irrelevant, as the "high traffic areas" in the story refers to pedestrian traffic, not motor traffic. Simply, they set them up where many people pass, so they can find people to shout that slogan to.

Re:Loneliness is stronger when not alone by some_random on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @10:53AM (#36404925)
First off, this was foot traffic.

Second, not everything is about cars and bikes and shit, my god.