NarrativeBear@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months ago[image] when good infrastructure design does not just prioritize cars its a plus for everyone.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square46linkfedilinkarrow-up1466
arrow-up1466image[image] when good infrastructure design does not just prioritize cars its a plus for everyone.lemmy.worldNarrativeBear@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square46linkfedilink
minus-squareherseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·6 months agoIt was hideous before.
minus-squareRustySharp@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·6 months agoAs a non American, what even is that first picture? Is that a common “design” (or lack thereof) in American towns?
minus-squaresaimen@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·6 months agoIt really is just asphalt with paint. Not even proper signs. At least from this one picture I wouldn’t have expected an intersection there.
minus-squareOR3X@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·6 months agoAs an American the top picture is very typical of less urban areas. The bottom looks very a-typical around my parts.
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 months agoThat’s almost every suburb in the US and Canada. It’s sad.
minus-squareBanMe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·6 months agoSuburban/stripmall decline. Hey that mud is gross, pave it. Hey I don’t want to mow that, pave it. Hey everyone is already driving over that, pave it. Now that cement is super expensive you don’t see it as much, but for a while, the answer to any problem was “pave that sumbitch.”
minus-squareHalfSalesman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months ago Hey I don’t want to mow that, pave it. Hey I hate stroads and car brained infrastructure too but honestly fuck mowing lawns, I relate to that instinct.
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It was hideous before.
As a non American, what even is that first picture? Is that a common “design” (or lack thereof) in American towns?
It really is just asphalt with paint. Not even proper signs. At least from this one picture I wouldn’t have expected an intersection there.
As an American the top picture is very typical of less urban areas. The bottom looks very a-typical around my parts.
That’s almost every suburb in the US and Canada. It’s sad.
Suburban/stripmall decline. Hey that mud is gross, pave it. Hey I don’t want to mow that, pave it. Hey everyone is already driving over that, pave it.
Now that cement is super expensive you don’t see it as much, but for a while, the answer to any problem was “pave that sumbitch.”
Hey I hate stroads and car brained infrastructure too but honestly fuck mowing lawns, I relate to that instinct.