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[–] jtrek@startrek.website 5 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I would guess that many people have never lived in a good, dense, location. My parents would vote for farther apart, but when they think of the city they think of The Warriors

It'd be interesting to poll only people who have lived in a variety of places.

I grew up in a car-focused suburb and never want to go back.

[–] FearMeAndDecay@literature.cafe 3 points 12 hours ago

Yeah the very idea of a non-car based community is so far removed from most Americans’ brains that they think they’d have to walk 10 miles through snow or ride “dangerous, unpredictable public transit” just to get groceries. I happen to live somewhere with a nice little “downtown ish” area. There’s just one line of blocks that’s got most everything you’d need: grocery store, post office, library, some restaurants/bars. My only complain is that there’s only like 2 or 3 little apartment complexes within a 10 min walk. Everything else is houses