Re:The End of the American City
by narrator on Monday September 08, 2025 @02:28AM
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You take public transit and some person who's been to prison many times for violent crimes decides to murder you with a pocket knife for no reason, like Iryna Zarutska, is why we don't have dense walkable urban cities. It's as simple as that. People who get their news from mainstream media that refuses to report these crimes that happen on a regular basis are completely mystified.
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That's a great headline. Eye-catching and engaging, with guanteed opnions for the reader to be sucked in by.
It gets less great when we recall that every month, roughly the same number of Americans die due to automobile accidents as did on September eleventh - with enough left over for a bonus thirteenth month at the end of the year.
Americans will repeat "Never forget" about 9/11, but the number of traffic deaths is closer to "Never acknowledge"
You know we can fix two problems at once right?
That's the point. One problem was "worked on", one isn't and never will be.
What's the fix?
Proper taxation at gas pumps? Get ready for a civil war (for some reason) Subsidized mass building of public transport? Lol. Not in the US anymore. Global Catastrophe? Western countries have proven they will spend 11 dollars on a coffee so I don't think even a massive crisis will stop people driving.
Re:The End of the American City
by queenkjuul on Monday September 08, 2025 @04:45PM
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I ride the train every day in Chicago and I'm yet to be murdered, or even witness a murder.