Ahh yes, the classic ‘I live in a city, so obviously everything can be dense and done by human power alone’. Except for the massive amount of people who don’t. I have incredibly few areas in the US or even Europe where no cars or no roads are needed. Can you reduce your reliance on them with a lot of changes? Sure. Can you eliminate them? No.
We didn’t need cars 200 years ago and we don’t need them today. Has our technology turned our entire society into a finely tuned swiss watch with no tolerance for change? No! We have better technology than ever for living without cars. Look at this stuff:
It’s easier than ever for town planners to design a small rural town that doesn’t need cars.
The only cars I support are fire trucks and ambulances.
Ahh yes, the classic ‘I live in a city, so obviously everything can be dense and done by human power alone’. Except for the massive amount of people who don’t. I have incredibly few areas in the US or even Europe where no cars or no roads are needed. Can you reduce your reliance on them with a lot of changes? Sure. Can you eliminate them? No.
We didn’t need cars 200 years ago and we don’t need them today. Has our technology turned our entire society into a finely tuned swiss watch with no tolerance for change? No! We have better technology than ever for living without cars. Look at this stuff:
It’s easier than ever for town planners to design a small rural town that doesn’t need cars.
The only cars I support are fire trucks and ambulances.
You slayed that strawman but good.