ApathyTree

ajsadauskas , 4 months ago to Fuck Cars

What can you get to within a 15-minute walk of your house?

A recent YouGov survey asked Americans what they think they should be able to get to within a 15-minute walk of their house.

Of these choices, I can currently walk to all of them from my apartment, aside from a university (no biggie, I'm not currently studying, although there is a Tafe within walking distance), a hospital, and a sports arena.

How many can you get to with a 15 minute walk from your house?

#fuckcars #walkability #urbanism #UrbanPlanning @fuck_cars #walking

ApathyTree , 4 months ago

Same, I have a bar a few lots from mine, and it only gets bad a few weekends a year.

I have neighbors that blast music while having super smoky fires and getting piss drunk, though. They are much much worse than the bar. Hands down. Because I can’t have windows open about half the time without my house smelling like smoke (a smell that gives me migraines).

ApathyTree , 4 months ago

I don’t think lawn mowers, snow blowers, and other ICE landscaping tools, are “very marginal use cases”. Sure they might not use a lot of gas, but most everyone with a lawn/driveway has them (at least mower and blower).

But also, yes, it’s a convenience store. Other than maybe in cities, we often don’t have any convenience stores at all, just gas stations with shops inside.

ApathyTree , 4 months ago

lawl, nobody here has electric mowers. You can’t even find them in retail stores most of the time. I’m not saying that’s a good thing, but just because you haven’t personally used one by your 20s doesn’t mean they aren’t damn near mandatory elsewhere.

I have one I bought online and it struggles to get through my tiny yard. It uses batteries, but same basic concept. The grass is just too dense in the area for them to be practical, unless you want to go over the whole thing twice every week. Some people do, and good for them, but the vast majority simply won’t.

And sure maybe a snowblower in the south is overkill, but around here (and frankly in a ton of areas) if you don’t have one people -feel sorry for you and offer to help- because we do get a lot in a typical year. But also useful for old people, those with physical problems, etc. shoveling snow is hard work, unless the most you ever get is a dusting.

I’m not sure where you got the idea that a person needs to own tools in order to use and need fuel for them. That’s just silly. I borrow tillers and shit from friends all the time and have to get gas for them. Don’t own them, but use them. Same if I were to rent shit from the hardware store. You have to refill them before return.