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i tend to avoid going into convenience stores that don't have bollards in the front because the schadenfreude thread has convinced me every store is just a future parking spot for some old gently caress who mistook the gas pedal for the brake and rocketed their entire sedan through the window at 45 mph
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ArmZ posted:you have to walk around the mall. people don't want to walk. they want to drive right up to their store. The obvious solution to this is drive-in stores. Undubidedadedly
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Dante80 posted:The obvious solution to this is drive-in stores. Undubidedadedly the actual solution seems to be the antithesis - stores that drive to you
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God Hole posted:i tend to avoid going into convenience stores that don't have bollards in the front because the schadenfreude thread has convinced me every store is just a future parking spot for some old gently caress who mistook the gas pedal for the brake and rocketed their entire sedan through the window at 45 mph i worry about that too but luckily the one nearest to me is on a pedestrian street and is about 50 yards and a hill away from the nearest parking
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It's everywhere with an exit on the interstate you halfwit lol Fitzy Fitz posted:Last night I stopped by the worst part of town (the newest shopping development) and realized how popular it is on Saturday nights--parking lot was packed and stores/restaurants/theater full of people--and I don't understand how this has replaced malls. It's the same stores as a mall would have, but there's no interior for walking around and socializing. Just parking and walking directly into the store. Is it mostly that newer developments beat aging malls? Every iteration of downtown since mainstreet has gotten worse I feel. I'm at the point where I'd be nostalgic for a decent mall funny as that is to say in the car thread
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Mayor Dave posted:a pedestrian street
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the bitcoin of weed posted:the actual solution seems to be the antithesis - stores that drive to you I really dislike impersonal shopping. It's another thing that weakens societal fabric where we realize that other people's jobs are literally to allow society to be convenient for living. The concept of being forced to drive to a convenience store sucks, but the concept of an owner-operated store around the corner from you that you walk to and interact with you neighbor the store owner is extremely ftw.
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I've tried looking for it with very little luck but what's the biodiversity like in cities vs suburbs? Obviously it probably depends a ton on the city in question and also probably the type of suburb and also where they're all located
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Milo and POTUS posted:I've tried looking for it with very little luck but what's the biodiversity like in cities vs suburbs? Obviously it probably depends a ton on the city in question and also probably the type of suburb and also where they're all located Cities, because of the huge variety of rodents and pigeon sub species. to actually do a meaningful comparison I think you'd have to keep land area + population constant and consider externalities distortion park has issued a correction as of 10:09 on Nov 8, 2021 |
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For birds: https://www.audubon.org/news/do-birds-prefer-suburbia
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On a train rn, faster safer and more comfortable than any car. gently caress cars
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Pryor on Fire posted:1. pull the safety beacon off your kid's new bike this got an audible chuckle out of me
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God Hole posted:i tend to avoid going into convenience stores that don't have bollards in the front because the schadenfreude thread has convinced me every store is just a future parking spot for some old gently caress who mistook the gas pedal for the brake and rocketed their entire sedan through the window at 45 mph it would be a massive improvement if old people were driving sedans instead of gigantic trucks and suvs lol would be an even bigger improvement if nobody needed to drive at all!
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SKULL.GIF posted:I should just flee this cursed continent That's my plan. I moved back in with my parents to maximize the money I save, with the goal being to save 100k and then figure out how the gently caress to get into europe. Any part is better than the US. I've suffered 32 years of Phoenix. I would like to take a loving train, and maybe even walk places. I've already narrowly avoided death by car multiple times this year. I would like to not feel like i am in danger at all times while commuting. I would like to not have to spend 3000 dollars or more every year keeping a car I don't want fueled and operational. I hope to leave the US forever before I'm 40.
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I have EU citizenship and I live here by choice  really, Toronto would be my choice of place to live but man is it expensive
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In the long run we're gonna export our culture to the rest of the west too. Still, good luck
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Milo and POTUS posted:In the long run we're gonna export our culture to the rest of the west too. Still, good luck Their cities/countries pre-date automobiles, that's the difference. Compare places like New York or Chicago with the sprawl of LA or Miami
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lil poopendorfer posted:I have EU citizenship and I live here by choice Toronto is car-infested as hell. The subways and streetcars are nice but you'll be dodging cars left and right if you go out in the city
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I mean birds are one thing but birds are only one type of animal and animals alone aren't the only criteria with which to gauge biodiversity. I can easily see why birds might be more common in more open suburbs but that doesn't mean it's equally as good for rodents, reptiles, and blah blah
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It'd be cool to live in a major European city, but I'm not sure how I would actually get a work permit or whatever, I do have a pretty specific technical job (biostatistician) but I don't speak any foreign languages. Plus I'd basically have to abandon my mother lol
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ArmZ posted:car makers determined to make cars the worst possible thing This won't last 10 minutes on the market until there's an aftermarket ahego option
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imagine just cycling to the corner shop and the last thing you see in this world is some Tesla making an anime sex face at you
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ArmZ posted:car makers determined to make cars the worst possible thing does it express pleasure if you gently caress it
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Milo and POTUS posted:I mean birds are one thing but birds are only one type of animal and animals alone aren't the only criteria with which to gauge biodiversity. I can easily see why birds might be more common in more open suburbs but that doesn't mean it's equally as good for rodents, reptiles, and blah blah Yeah, I just remember that research coming out and thought it was interesting. The researchers gave all the limitations of their work, including different effects on non-bird species. Higher biodiversity is only one measure and doesn't account for plenty of factors like species that can't adapt to suburbs, higher prevalence of invasive species, and poor living conditions (human conflict, disease, etc.).
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I am extremely wary of the rise of robots and other tech that try to take advantage of our sympathetic tendencies. gently caress you.
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HAIL eSATA-n posted:the heck is this?? They converted a half mile stretch of road into a pedestrian/bike only zone and my apartment building is on it It owns
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ArmZ posted:car makers determined to make cars the worst possible thing i can understand the impulse, one of the few things that pedestrians can do to make themselves a tiny bit safer in car hellworld is make eye contact with drivers and so i get the urge to give autonomous cars some way to visibly acknowledge the existence of pedestrians, but otoh just ban cars and the problem would be solved much more comprehensively
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Milo and POTUS posted:In the long run we're gonna export our culture to the rest of the west too. Still, good luck Places like the Netherlands, Denmark, and parts of Germany and Spain have consciously repudiated and reversed urban car culture to large success. Paris and Oslo are undergoing the same process right now. People actually do prefer not to drive if their environment makes it safe and comfortable, there's not some intrinsic automotive instinct in humankind. Much the opposite
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Pryor on Fire posted:1. pull the safety beacon off your kid's new bike  Elijah wood is a liberal Macaulay culkin is a leftist and the scarecrow is a bike beacon
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lmfao at the reply https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3034145&pagenumber=619#post519083382
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stick binden and the cars in the roasting plant tia
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actionjackson posted:lmfao at the reply Lol
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actionjackson posted:lmfao at the reply hahaha
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I think I need to read this https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/sabotage-can-be-done-softly-on-andreas-malms-how-to-blow-up-a-pipeline/
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my state's DOT is having sessions on the re-thinking I-94, and I was laughing pretty hard at "English with Karen translation" because I did not know Karen was a language in SE Asia presenter: we will provide safe transporation options for all karen translator: THEY'RE GONNA BLOW UP UR FREEDOM TRUCK
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