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Re:Congestion pricing in Manhattan is a predictable success by taeric on Friday June 20, 2025 @05:58PM (#44332495)
I fear it often cuts a different way. Everyone wants it so that they can have the benefits of the car, along with the benefits of nobody using a car. A friend I was talking with called it the "main character syndome."

It is a lot like people wanting city life to look a lot like college life. Without wanting to live in dormitories where people are also raising kids.

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Re:Congestion pricing in Manhattan is a predictable success by supertrope on Friday June 20, 2025 @06:53PM (#44332855)
Car commercials always feature completely empty streets, no red lights, and no speed limits.
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Re:Congestion pricing in Manhattan is a predictable success by taeric on Friday June 20, 2025 @07:05PM (#44332928)
To be fair, videos of ideal walkable cities always have an absurd amount of active space. :)
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Re:Congestion pricing in Manhattan is a predictable success by austhrow743 on Friday June 20, 2025 @06:43PM (#44332794)
Do people raise kids in college dormitories?
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Re:Congestion pricing in Manhattan is a predictable success by taeric on Friday June 20, 2025 @06:56PM (#44332878)
Not to my knowledge. My point is that that is probably closer to what is needed for a lot of the dream cities than people acknowledge.

Granted, college dormitory is a hyperbolic. More realistic, will be your standard smaller apartment blocks.

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