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For evading a $2.90 subway fare...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How has your experience been so far?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

For the same amount of people, you wouldn't need to.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

They supplement and decentralise food production, building resiliency into our systems.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Someone who hates or distrusts humankind certainly isn't a positive trait.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

IMO this is a universal problem. I've had neighbours in a single family house that choose to mow their lawn at 7am on a Saturday and have a very loud pickup truck that I can hear start up any time they drive it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I know you're not serious but this is a really sad and hateful worldview.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Those are great too :) with some small grocery stores at corners occasionally.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's possible to own a condo apartment, or if the building is structured as a co-op, then rent is permanently affordable and you have a stake in how the building is run.

More here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKudSeqHSJk&t=0

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Gentle density is awesome too! Rowhouses, duplexes, low-rises: all great options for cities that are zoned to only allow single family housing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Consider that if you have one bad neighbour in an apartment, then everyone on your floor will also be talking to them and helping to regulate their disruptive behaviour.

Apartments usually have concrete walls so you can't hear your neighbours. Unfortunately, there are some new builds made by developers trying to maximise profit at the expense of the residents who don't do this.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Perhaps in some parts of suburban north america. However, well-designed walkable, bikeable cities with proper transit don't require mega big box stores all in one zoned area that you drive to from a sprawling suburb.

 
 

Highway spending increased by 90% in 2021. This is one of many reasons why car traffic is growing faster than population growth.

 
 
 

She was driving 120km/h in a 50km/h school zone.

 

Shoutout to the folks who plant sunflowers on boulevards, yards, or community gardens.

 
 
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