15-minute cities

[HisArpy]

Cars, like guns, are a leading cause of death among children. America has too many of both.

I’m in favor of anything that reduces either.

You must be an absolute fan of abortion then...

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

You must be an absolute fan of abortion then...

I don’t think anyone is a “fan” of abortion. I do think it’s a woman’s choice to make.

 

[DeluxAuto]

I don’t think anyone is a “fan” of abortion. I do think it’s a woman’s choice to make.

Simps like Derpy think women's healthcare advocacy means you're pro-abortion. Derpy is a histrionic moron.

 

[HisArpy]

I don’t think anyone is a “fan” of abortion. I do think it’s a woman’s choice to make.

I just can't quite get my head around the fact that you're good with abortion but not good with death by car accident. It seems inconsistent to me.

 

[DeluxAuto]

I just can't quite get my head around the fact that you're good with abortion but not good with death by car accident. It seems inconsistent to me.

Holy shit.
Because impregnating your underage daughter through rape is the same as a fucking cat accident.

There's no fucking way you practice law in any sort of competency.

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

I just can't quite get my head around the fact that you're good with abortion but not good with death by car accident. It seems inconsistent to me.

Why is it inconsistent?

 

[HisArpy]

Why is it inconsistent?

Think about it. I'm sure it'll come to you eventually.

 

[ll74]

Why is it inconsistent?

He thinks that women are the same as cars.

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

Think about it. I'm sure it'll come to you eventually.

Why do you play these guessing games? Why won’t you just say what you believe?

Are you afraid?

Do you have anything to contribute to the discussion of 15-minute cities? What should we do to reduce how many kids are killed in traffic accidents in America?

 

[AlexBailey]

I live in a small town that fits the 15 minute model.

We can literally walk to a modern hospital, several grocery stores, hardware stores, furniture stores, movie theater, players theaters, music venues, a pub, parks, art galleries, museums, mechanics, restaurants, grade schools both public and charter…

My four kids were able to walk, bike, or skateboard to school. We knew all of their friends and often had kids who lived in rural areas come to stay in town on some weekends while our kids could spend other weekends in the countryside. Only our youngest wanted to get his driver’s license before he turned eighteen.

We have a year round farmer’s market, several annual street fairs, a big community Fourth of July celebration. We’ve got a rails & trails program making bike use more practical for exercise and transportation.


I know most of my neighbors, many of the local cops, several of the local politicians, most businesses are locally owned. If you want big box stores they’re in another town a half-hour drive away.

 

[HisArpy]

Why do you play these guessing games? Why won’t you just say what you believe?

Are you afraid?

Do you have anything to contribute to the discussion of 15-minute cities? What should we do to reduce how many kids are killed in traffic accidents in America?

1. No one values anything that they haven't worked themselves to achieve. Being spoon fed basic information like the answers to the questions of "who is Brandon" and "why are abortions ok but car deaths of children bad?" should fall into that category. At least it would for most people. Unless you're one of those who enjoys hearing the choo-choo or airplane noises as an adult.

2. Afraid? Me? Whatever you want to believe sweety. Just remember, I'm not the one in this conversation who's never gone further than 15 minutes from home.

3. 15 minute cities are the brainchild of the brainless.

4. Abortion seems to be the Progressive way of eliminating childhood deaths in car crashes. No kids at all = no kids dying in car crashes. Then you realize these are the same people who thought up the idea of 15 minute cities and can't figure out who Brandon is...

 

[HisArpy]

I live in a small town that fits the 15 minute model.

We can literally walk to a modern hospital, several grocery stores, hardware stores, furniture stores, movie theater, players theaters, music venues, a pub, parks, art galleries, museums, mechanics, restaurants, grade schools both public and charter…

My four kids were able to walk, bike, or skateboard to school. We knew all of their friends and often had kids who lived in rural areas come to stay in town on some weekends while our kids could spend other weekends in the countryside. Only our youngest wanted to get his driver’s license before he turned eighteen.

We have a year round farmer’s market, several annual street fairs, a big community Fourth of July celebration. We’ve got a rails & trails program making bike use more practical for exercise and transportation.


I know most of my neighbors, many of the local cops, most businesses are locally owned. If you want big box stores they’re in another town a half hour away.

So your 15 minutes is more like 30? Or more?

 

[AlexBailey]

So your 15 minutes is more like 30? Or more?

Walking your pace it would probably take longer, but no. I’m planning to take my truck in for service today. I’ll drop it off and walk home 1.5 miles - i could get a ride but why bother when I’ve got choices if I want to stop in somewhere for coffee or tea.

 

[HisArpy]

Walking your pace it would probably take longer, but no. I’m planning to take my truck in for service today. I’ll drop it off and walk home 1.5 miles - i could get a ride but why bother when I’ve got choices if I want to stop in somewhere for coffee or tea.

That's great.

Unless you're in a wheelchair or use other devices to assist your mobility or are elderly. Or did you forget about those members of your community in your narrow minded world without windows to reality?

You see, not everyone is a fuckwit like you. Some people have real life challenges with needs which aren't met in your fantasies because they're one of the "invisible people" you refuse to even acknowledge exist.

 

[AlexBailey]

1. No one values anything that they haven't worked themselves to achieve.

I believe this is true for you when you say this.

All of your comments and positions reflect this narrow viewpoint. It’s why you politics and opinions will never be embraced by any majority.

 

[AlexBailey]

That's great.

Unless you're in a wheelchair or use other devices to assist your mobility or are elderly. Or did you forget about those members of your community in your narrow minded world without windows to reality?

You see, not everyone is a fuckwit like you. Some people have real life challenges with needs which aren't met in your fantasies because they're one of the "invisible people" you refuse to even acknowledge exist.

Why do you waste so much energy projecting your apathy for others and your malcontent on me?

Our town works well for handicapped. My wife is three weeks into recovering from a surgery that has kept her off her feet. We’ve been discovering first-hand how well set up things are here for accessibility.

We had a 90 year old neighbor on our block who recently died at home, nothing tragic, it was just her time to go. Most of the neighbors regularly visited and helped her out. She was non-ambulatory for her last six months but was still able to stay home and die in her own bed.

Lucky she didn’t have you for a neighbor.

HisArpy’s maxxam:

1. No one values anything that they haven't worked themselves to achieve.

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

1. No one values anything that they haven't worked themselves to achieve. Being spoon fed basic information like the answers to the questions of "who is Brandon" and "why are abortions ok but car deaths of children bad?" should fall into that category. At least it would for most people. Unless you're one of those who enjoys hearing the choo-choo or airplane noises as an adult.

2. Afraid? Me? Whatever you want to believe sweety. Just remember, I'm not the one in this conversation who's never gone further than 15 minutes from home.

3. 15 minute cities are the brainchild of the brainless.

4. Abortion seems to be the Progressive way of eliminating childhood deaths in car crashes. No kids at all = no kids dying in car crashes. Then you realize these are the same people who thought up the idea of 15 minute cities and can't figure out who Brandon is...

1. The Socratic method is useless when it comes to personal beliefs.

2. For years I commuted to the Valley during rush hour. Now I have a job downtown so I take the train. Much more relaxing than driving.

3. If you think 15-minute cities are brainless, you should say why. Most people enjoy being in a walkable place rather than being stuck in traffic.

4. The right to abortion is purely about bodily autonomy.

 

[HisArpy]

I believe this is true for you when you say this.

All of your comments and positions reflect this narrow viewpoint. It’s why you politics and opinions will never be embraced by any majority.

dudly, you have no real clue what I've achieved and what challenges I've had to overcome in order to do it. Nor am I going to try and enlighten you since you seem to believe that either everyone lives in a perfect world without stress or disaster like you do, or that no one else has ever had problems as bad as yours were/are.

Both beliefs are the haven of the short sighted and stupid. Which adequately demonstrates where you stand on the bell curve and why attempting to educate you is absolutely futile.

 

[HisArpy]

1. The Socratic method is useless when it comes to personal beliefs.

2. For years I commuted to the Valley during rush hour. Now I have a job downtown so I take the train. Much more relaxing than driving.

3. If you think 15-minute cities are brainless, you should say why. Most people enjoy being in a walkable place rather than being stuck in traffic.

4. The right to abortion is purely about bodily autonomy.

Go ahead and keep believing that bullshit. It's worked for you so far and look how marvelously the world has turned out for everyone else.

 

[HisArpy]

Why do you waste so much energy projecting your apathy for others and your malcontent on me?

Our town works well for handicapped. My wife is three weeks into recovering from a surgery that has kept her off her feet. We’ve been discovering first-hand how well set up things are here for accessibility.

We had a 90 year old neighbor on our block who recently died at home, nothing tragic, it was just her time to go. Most of the neighbors regularly visited and helped her out. She was non-ambulatory for her last six months but was still able to stay home and die in her own bed.

Lucky she didn’t have you for a neighbor.

HisArpy’s maxxam:

1. No one values anything that they haven't worked themselves to achieve.

When you complain about you being stupid it doesn't change the fact that you're stupid, it just makes you noisy and stupid simultaneously.

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

That's great.

Unless you're in a wheelchair or use other devices to assist your mobility or are elderly. Or did you forget about those members of your community in your narrow minded world without windows to reality?

You see, not everyone is a fuckwit like you. Some people have real life challenges with needs which aren't met in your fantasies because they're one of the "invisible people" you refuse to even acknowledge exist.

Walkable cities are much more friendly to the handicapped. With accommodations like curb cuts, people in electric wheel chairs can get around on their own. Not to mention people with visual impairments or brain injuries who can’t safety drive a car.

 

[AlexBailey]

There are ways to make sprawling town layouts workable.

The community in Florida known as The Villages is set up as a geriatric wonderland, with the primary form of transportation being golf-carts.

My in-laws used to rail against Electric Vehicles, saying how they’ll never be practical for anyone. Now they scoot all around The Villages in their electric golf-cart.

They chose electric because discovered how much less maintenance there is, how much quieter they are, and how they can charge it at home. They haven’t installed solar electric panels yet because the heavily subsidized nuclear power they get is to cheap for self-production to make financial sense.

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

Go ahead and keep believing that bullshit. It's worked for you so far and look how marvelously the world has turned out for everyone else.

I have no idea what you mean by this. A lot of people don’t have marvelous lives. Making it easier and cheaper for normal people to live their daily lives is a good thing.

 

[AlexBailey]

Why do you waste so much energy projecting your apathy for others and your malcontent on me?

Our town works well for handicapped. My wife is three weeks into recovering from a surgery that has kept her off her feet. We’ve been discovering first-hand how well set up things are here for accessibility.

We had a 90 year old neighbor on our block who recently died at home, nothing tragic, it was just her time to go. Most of the neighbors regularly visited and helped her out. She was non-ambulatory for her last six months but was still able to stay home and die in her own bed.

Lucky she didn’t have you for a neighbor.

HisArpy’s maxxam:

1. No one values anything that they haven't worked themselves to achieve.

When you complain about you being stupid it doesn't change the fact that you're stupid, it just makes you noisy and stupid simultaneously.

What did I say in the posts you quoted that I am being stupid about?

Empathy?
Energy efficiency?
Community?
Convenience?
Raising successful self-motivated kids?
Donating time to help others?

 

[Lazaran]

Normally Harpy elicits a chuckle from me for some inane comment or publicly humiliating self own.

Today I’m truly embarrassed for the idiot.

Harpy unnecessarily / impotently flexing in a totally benign thread is sooooo weak.

What a shame. (Harpy that is).

Harpy