FlyingSquid

ajsadauskas , 3 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

FlyingSquid , 3 months ago

I can't get to any of those within a 15-minute walk from my house because I don't live in a city. I apologize for my lack of urban living.

FlyingSquid , 3 months ago

I don't live in a town at all. I live in the country. I don't want to walk to a grocery store 15 minutes away because I don't want them to cut down a bunch of trees or plow up a farmer's field to make one.

FlyingSquid , 3 months ago

Great. I don't live in a village. I live out in the country. Are you saying we should chop down the woods and pave over the farm fields so that I can walk to a bunch of shops?

FlyingSquid , 3 months ago

Yes, my "choice" to get the only house my family could afford close enough to where we work.

How dare I choose to not be homeless!

FlyingSquid , 3 months ago

Sorry, you want me to raise my family in a one-room hovel? Because I think "you didn't raise your child living like a medieval peasant, therefore you had a choice" is being a little pedantic.

FlyingSquid , 3 months ago

I would say the good option would be to not pave over nature and farms for convenience's sake.

FlyingSquid , 3 months ago

You don't look like a mod to me. But feel free to flag my comments and see if they agree that I shouldn't be allowed to say things in this community.

FlyingSquid , 3 months ago

No one is forcing you to talk to someone who has the inability to think. If I thought that's who I was talking to, I'd stop replying. I guess you enjoy this conversation.

FlyingSquid , 3 months ago

There are only farms and woods around me.

If you want to pave over the Sahara, go for it. I don't want the countryside I am around paved over so that people can buy a Twinkie at 2 am.

FlyingSquid , 3 months ago

Without cutting down trees or paving over farm fields? No. Why are you so intent on nature being destroyed for the sake of capitalism?