15-minute cities

[JoePepsiCo]

I prefer to use walkable cities like Paris, Amsterdam, and Tokyo as models to aspire to.

Then why the fuck are you in LA, the least walkable city on the planet (with the excepting of a lot of the Muslim cities when it comes to women)?

 

[MajorRewrite]

This tactic is so boring. Please come up with something new.

Your “CITIES ARE EVIL AND FULL OF DEMONS” tactic is moronic and boring. Please come up with something new.

 

[JoePepsiCo]

The cities, the bigger and denser, the better, are a magnet for predators who can blend in and hunt.

Out here in the fields, they stand out, are isolated and ostracized and eventually gravitate towards better feeding grounds...

 

[MajorRewrite]

10 best public transit cities in the US

Including some you might not expect.

 

[JoePepsiCo]

The transients already have that guide...

 

[MajorRewrite]

The cities, the bigger and denser, the better, are a magnet for predators who can blend in and hunt.

Out here in the fields, they stand out, are isolated and ostracized and eventually gravitate towards better feeding grounds...

Perfect example of your moronic and boring “CITIES ARE EVIL AND FULL OF DEMONS” tactic. Even you must agree it’s moronic and boring.

 

[JoePepsiCo]

Merely pointing out the obvious. Cities, being inanimate objects, cannot be EVIL AND FULL OF DEMONS (PS., all caps makes you look stupid), but they are inhabited by people and a subset those people can be of low and nefarious character. The subset is not tolerated outside of urban areas as much as it is in the cities where they can better blend in with their surrounding; just part of the anonymous and faceless crowd. Out here, we know our neighbors and their qualities.

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

Then why the fuck are you in LA, the least walkable city on the planet (with the excepting of a lot of the Muslim cities when it comes to women)?

That’s a common myth about LA. It actually has lots of walkable neighborhoods. That’s why there such a strong push right now to link the walkable parts of LA together with trains and bike paths.

 

[JoePepsiCo]

Yes. You can take a walk.

This is different than walking for supplies...

 

[TrailerHitch]

Your “CITIES ARE EVIL AND FULL OF DEMONS” tactic is moronic and boring. Please come up with something new.

If I in fact said that you would have a point. Nice try, no points awarded.

 

[JoePepsiCo]

We need to rethink these new cities as giant, tall buildings that grow upwards and downwards delving into the ground and using things like temperature differences, solar, and mechanical (think flushing toilets and falling water) to generate power. Artificial spaces that mimic nature to have that "walk..."

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

Yes. You can take a walk.

This is different than walking for supplies...

I regularly walk to the local Persian grocery store to buy staples I forgot at the supermarket. My teenage daughter walks to the neighborhood Japanese market to buy sushi and ramen.

 

[JoePepsiCo]

Uhhh...,

That's nice.

And your clothes come from that cute French boutique right around the corner?

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

Uhhh...,

That's nice.

And your clothes come from that cute French boutique right around the corner?

Downtown Beverly Hills is very walkable.

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

We know that Memphis is a bad place. Funny thing is people aren't abandoning Tennessee like they are Illinois, New York, and California.

That’s a good point. People are leaving Tennessee more than they’re leaving California. 2.6% of Tennessee’s population left while only 2.1% of California’s did.

 

[enbiji]

Some guys I know are more like "30 second city"

 

[enbiji]

That’s a good point. People are leaving Tennessee more than they’re leaving California. 2.6% of Tennessee’s population left while only 2.1% of California’s did.

Has Elvis left the building yet?

 

[TrailerHitch]

I regularly walk to the local Persian grocery store to buy staples I forgot at the supermarket. My teenage daughter walks to the neighborhood Japanese market to buy sushi and ramen.

Do tell how you get to the supermarket. Magic carpet perhaps?

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

Do tell how you get to the supermarket. Magic carpet perhaps?

I drive. But I would take an electric cargo bike if there was a protected bike lane running down Olympic Boulevard.

 

[MajorRewrite]

Do tell how you get to the supermarket. Magic carpet perhaps?

There are 2 grocery stores within a quarter-mile of my house, but there are no provisions for walking between here and there. No sidewalks. No way to safely cross a 4-lane high speed road.

Simple street design changes would make lots of useful walks possible in the US.

 

[TrailerHitch]

That’s a good point. People are leaving Tennessee more than they’re leaving California. 2.6% of Tennessee’s population left while only 2.1% of California’s did.

Nice try using percentages to prove your point. Too bad it is a fail. 38.9 million people in California in 2023, 2.1% of that is 816,900 people that left. California's population grew .017% or 67,000 7,126,489 is the population of Tennessee in 2023, a 1.1% increase from 2022, but 2.6% of that is 185,289 people that left.

Clearly while percentages shine a favorable light, real number show California lost over 4 times as many people as Tennessee while Tennessee gained approximately 2 1/2 times more people than California did,

So clearly I did more research than you and proved your half assed analysis dead wrong.

 

[TrailerHitch]

I drive. But I would take an electric cargo bike if there was a protected bike lane running down Olympic Boulevard.

So you can haul a week's worth of grocery's on a bike? Interesting. I'll take the convenience and comfort of a car, particularly in cold or rainy weather.

 

[TrailerHitch]

There are 2 grocery stores within a quarter-mile of my house, but there are no provisions for walking between here and there. No sidewalks. No way to safely cross a 4-lane high speed road.

Simple street design changes would make lots of useful walks possible in the US.

Then get involved in local politics and advocate for change. Because whining here won't get anything done there...

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

Nice try using percentages to prove your point. Too bad it is a fail. 38.9 million people in California in 2023, 2.1% of that is 816,900 people that left. California's population grew .017% or 67,000 7,126,489 is the population of Tennessee in 2023, a 1.1% increase from 2022, but 2.6% of that is 185,289 people that left.

Clearly while percentages shine a favorable light, real number show California lost over 4 times as many people as Tennessee while Tennessee gained approximately 2 1/2 times more people than California did,

So clearly I did more research than you and proved your half assed analysis dead wrong.

Just to make sure we’re in agreement you are saying that Tennessee is losing people at a faster rate than California, right?

So you can haul a week's worth of grocery's on a bike? Interesting. I'll take the convenience and comfort of a car, particularly in cold or rainy weather.

 

[TrailerHitch]

Has Elvis left the building yet?

Funny man. Elvis has been dead since 1977 yet Graceland is still a major tourist attraction with huge draws every year. It's really quite interesting to see what Elvis found comfortable and extravagant back in his time.