In Almost Every European Country, Bikes Are Outselling New Cars

Re:In Almost Every European Country, Bikes Are Outselling Ne... by WildUtah on Friday October 25, 2013 @03:22PM (#6613900)

little that can be reasonably done eliminate the suburbs. Most people in this country simply prefer it

If people prefer it, why does the government have to mandate it by law?

Suburban zoning and -- even more importantly -- minimum parking requirements force property developers to build nothing but sprawl with isolated pods of single-use development. Wide, hostile roads are required (by law) to carry people between commercial, office, residential, and industrial sprawl zones.

If free markets were allowed to have any influence at all on land development, you would see at least some new urban style building. As it is, nothing but sprawl is permitted.

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Re:In Almost Every European Country, Bikes Are Outselling Ne... by CalRobert on Friday October 25, 2013 @06:33PM (#6615124)

You have stated this more beautifully than anyone else here. This is why I left the US. Mile after mile of suburban hellscape, mandated by law, and full of lazy shits who are too dumb to even know there's another way of living.

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Re:In Almost Every European Country, Bikes Are Outselling Ne... by jimmaswell on Friday October 25, 2013 @11:12PM (#6616105)

What's so bad about these miles of "suburban hellscapes"? Why do you think the people who live in them are lazy?

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Re:In Almost Every European Country, Bikes Are Outselling Ne... by dredmorbius on Saturday October 26, 2013 @01:49AM (#6616510)

Where'd you find heaven?

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Re:In Almost Every European Country, Bikes Are Outselling Ne... by afterburner on Friday October 25, 2013 @03:44PM (#6614040)

What developers want and what people buying from those developer want may not be the same thing.

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