thisorthatorwhatever

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Most of America's suburbs are designed to have a supermarket somewhere on the outside of the zigzagging streets of the residential homes. Golf carts would be perfect, in the vast existing suburbia. Legalize golf carts for slow streets in the burbs, and you'd get a massive reduction in car use. A quick electrification of vehicles.
I like bikes, I get it that many people don't. But at the very least legalize golf carts on slow streets. I feel that the average suburban home wouldn't mind getting a golf cart as a second vehicle. It's a quick way of hopping to the strip mall to get milk, or a morning coffee.

I think there needs to be an effort to advocate for reduced car use, many of the suburbs would be much nicer if people could be allowed to use golf carts on the roads. It would be a step in a better direction, break the obsolete car industry, and bridge to walk-able communities in existing burbs that can't be easily or quickly redeveloped.

It's all about protectionism for an obsolete car industry. If we legalized golf carts, and ATVs, most families in the suburbs would buy one of those. They'd use it for groceries, school runs, dentist appointments, and getting coffee down the street. Their main car would sit idle the majority of time, because it's a hassle to drive a large car. It would make living in suburbia someone more tolerable, as you would see your neighbors more in golf carts.

[–] thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

I wish my city would ban the loud sport cars.

[–] thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

The banality of stupidity.

*You consulted no one. You did no research. When peopled pleaded with you to stop, you forged ahead with reckless abandonment. When you plan started to fail, you doubled down. When it was time to clean up the mess you go lazy.

But I thought it would work, I felt it in my gut. It's not my fault, it's your fault.*

[–] thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

He also forced some dumb features in the electric car...like the stupid door handles, and lack of buttons.

[–] thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

Bad form. This is a real topic, with real world issues.

[–] thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

4 years might as well be a lifetime in politics.
NDP don't want an election right now, they don't have a leader.

PP has no seat, there will be no by-election anytime soon. What happens to the conservatives in the next few weeks, infighting? Trump is a total wildcard, the next month sometime will have to be done with tariffs as basic goods start to dwindle. Not to mention all the wars going on in the world, or have a chance of breaking out (India/Pakistan).

[–] thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

The government is too easy on crime and we grant people bail who are dangerous to release.

The left has dropped the ball on crime. Official lefty party lines on crime, of tolerating criminals, doesn't resonate with ordinary people.

Gun control is a waste of time and money and isn’t tackling the real issue as nearly all gun crime isn’t committed by legal gun owners.

The right has created a wedge issue, and exploited it with Twitter trolls and paid shills. We'd be better off doing what Australia did, and ban almost everything.

More housing needs to be made (note that both major parties seem to agree on this).

The right sees it as building more housing, and think it is a simple fix. A small proportion of progressive voices see it as a complex issue of finance and trying to remove corporate ownership of residential stock. The subtle arguments have a hard time being heard.

More infrastructure needs to be built to capitalize on our oil and natural resources exports.

I've given up mostly, the planet will burn. Our species is too stupid, eventually we'll go extinct. Climate will degrade, wars will escalate, and sooner or latter someone will push The Button.

The 'rust belt' is over 40 years old now. Places like Detroit have started to stabilize.

The high cost of living is everywhere. Capital moves in the blink of an eye, setup a company in a small town and it'll be bought up and rented out before lunch.

[–] thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Conservatives made significant inroads, lots of people in Ontario and Atlantic Canada that heard and liked the anti-woke messaging. I don't know how to bring these people around, and am frightened that there are so many of them. Over 40% of the popular vote.

[–] thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

Taiwan specializes in microchips, and China having to order chips from them isn't a big deal ... in terms of building/assembling an electric car.

 

Since the 1960s America has taxed light trucks being imported. Because America didn't have to build light trucks to compete internationally they lost the international market on light trucks. Now nobody wants to buy American cars and trucks because they are not as good as what others countries build. So now America has put up high tariffs to make itself even more isolationist, since they can't compete.

 

N. American cars are garbage. Our garbage car economy is garbage.

What about all the other industries?

 

Ridings in Ontario were historically about 5000 people, with very large ridings hitting 8,000, and nothing in the double digits. Today ridings are 100,000 people.

Look at the difference between 1908 and 2022 Ontario general election, in Toronto.

1908 Ontario general election Toronto South - Conservative win with 5,202 votes of 6,965 cast (75% of the vote). 74.69

2022 Ontario general election Toronto Centre - NDP won with 15,285 votes of 34,921 cast (43.77% of the vote).

 

Looking for someone that has a hobbyist website that posts to it guitar lessons.

I'm trying to stay away from Youtube, as it is too hard to sort through so many videos, and many of them are just ads for courses.

Love old website and blogs, from the before social media times.

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