The future is dense, walkable cities.

[phrodeau]

They don't run on fossil fuels?

https://evchargingsummit.com/blog/top-ev-truck-and-van-companies/

 

[VinnyVeritas]

Ah. I see. In Liberal La-La Land, the exception once again proves the rule.

 

[phrodeau]

In Wino Park they don’t like their silly questions answered.

 

[Lazaran]

They don't run on fossil fuels?

^(Quoted for posterity and stupidity)

Unsurprisingly, VinnyVeritASS managed to miss every point the comment they responded to was addressing , while also not recognizing / understanding the current trends in delivery fleets or private delivery vehicles.



VinnyVeritASS

 

[HisArpy]

Falls hardest on the rich and that's the point.

Yes I understand that you feel that you deserve a larger slice of someone else's pie. That doesn't make it true, but I understand that you feel that way.

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

What cars do to cities.
Atlanta 1919 vs 2014

 

[Dribble]

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What cars do to cities.
Atlanta 1919 vs 2014

Exactly. Why did that happen? Because people didn't really like living like they did in 1919. They wanted more...like space...freedom. Shame on them

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

Exactly. Why did that happen? Because people didn't really like living like they did in 1919. They wanted more...like space...freedom. Shame on them

Urban parking is a downward spiral. If you tear down a few buildings to make room for cars, there’s less reason to go downtown. Fewer pedestrians mean businesses start to fail. The empty buildings they once inhabited are torn down too and transformed into more parking to try to squeeze a little value out of the land. Repeat for a few decades and what was once a vibrant downtown becomes a sea of vacant parking lots.

If you had asked the people of Atlanta 100 years ago “Should we tear down most of downtown and replace the buildings with vacant parking lots?” they would have said “Hell no!”

But that’s what the relentless logic of urban car culture delivered.

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

“The trouble with parking [is] that its high costs are hidden from drivers.”

 

[TrailerHitch]

I agree with you that the future for some is DENSE, walkable cities. As people become more detached from the actual food supply chain and only expect their meals to come from grocery stores or restaurants they will be more easily manipulated and controlled. Restrict food and BOOM you are in absolute control of the population. A politician's favorite wet dream

 

[phrodeau]

I agree with you that the future for some is DENSE, walkable cities. As people become more detached from the actual food supply chain and only expect their meals to come from grocery stores or restaurants they will be more easily manipulated and controlled. Restrict food and BOOM you are in absolute control of the population. A politician's favorite wet dream

Nobody is threatening your banana supply.

 

[Chernosoth]

The future is mostly farming, ranching, edible gardening, and seafood harvesting. How much food we grow, gather, and catch, and how we transport it determines how much urban population we can have.

 

[TrailerHitch]

Nobody is threatening your banana supply.

Laugh it up dense urban dweller.

 

[TrailerHitch]

The future is mostly farming, ranching, edible gardening, and seafood harvesting. How much food we grow, gather, and catch, and how we transport it determines how much urban population we can have.

Not according to kook enviro-wackos who want to end farming and ranching. Pretty soon we will have Soylent Green for you urban folk.

 

[HisArpy]

Not according to kook enviro-wackos who want to end farming and ranching. Pretty soon we will have Soylent Green for you urban folk.

It's called AG1. Or haven't you seen the commercials?

 

[TrailerHitch]

It's called AG1. Or haven't you seen the commercials?

I have not seen them.

 

[coati]

Not according to kook enviro-wackos who want to end farming and ranching.

What? Are you talking about the urban folks who pay the taxes to support the Farm Bill, the NRCS subsidies, and other forms of welfare for ranchers and corporate farming?

 

[TrailerHitch]

What? Are you talking about the urban folks who pay the taxes to support the Farm Bill, the NRCS subsidies, and other forms of welfare for ranchers and corporate farming?

They should pay them since all they do is draw on the food supply with no effort other than sliding their credit card through the machine at checkout.

 

[coati]

They should pay them since all they do is draw on the food supply with no effort other than sliding their credit card through the machine at checkout.

Yeah, the welfare ranchers get paid. They get federal and state lands for a dime and a regular diet of susidies so they can wear cowboy hats, shoot guns, become alcoholics, and do the Boot Scoot Boogie.

And then, they bite the hand that feeds them.

 

[Chernosoth]

My old truck needs work again. The breaking part is unavailable and never did much for the truck, but keeping it in broken would break the truck, so I'll have it modified to run without the part. That's another day of driving to a garage, biking home, and then biking everywhere for a few days in the burbs until the repair is done. I bought a durably designed and built truck, but old parts still break. I'm reminded again I don't live in a walkable location.

 

[TrailerHitch]

Yeah, the welfare ranchers get paid. They get federal and state lands for a dime and a regular diet of susidies so they can wear cowboy hats, shoot guns, become alcoholics, and do the Boot Scoot Boogie.

And then, they bite the hand that feeds them.

You sound bitter and angry that you didn't make a better career choice so you could suck on the tit of commercial and corporate welfare. You'll just have to settle for you government cheese.

 

[coati]

You sound bitter and angry that you didn't make a better career choice so you could suck on the tit of commercial and corporate welfare. You'll just have to settle for you government cheese.

I'm doing just fine without sucking on the federal tit like welfare ranchers. No complaints about my lot in life.

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

My old truck needs work again. The breaking part is unavailable and never did much for the truck, but keeping it in broken would break the truck, so I'll have it modified to run without the part. That's another day of driving to a garage, biking home, and then biking everywhere for a few days in the burbs until the repair is done. I bought a durably designed and built truck, but old parts still break. I'm reminded again I don't live in a walkable location.

A few weeks ago our Mini needed repairs, so my husband drove it to the shop, took the train home, then took the train back the next day to pick it up.

 

[JohnEngelman]

Cities need lots and lots of affordable, high density housing within walking distance to major public transportation hubs.