• GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml
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      3 months ago

      It’s not rare in North America. If this article is to be believed, it happens on the order of about 100 times per day in the U.S.

      It’s honestly baffling how incorrectly the U.S is built.

      • grue@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        It’s honestly baffling how incorrectly the U.S is built.

        It’s easy to understand once you realize that the secret ingredient was racism.

        Basically, it’s because of a combination of mid-century modernist utopian urbanism (a big influence was Frank Lloyd Wright’s “Broadacre City,” which was really closer to the opposite of a city) and the effort to find new ways to perpetuate racism despite SCOTUS outlawing de-jure segregation.

        More specifically, the newly-created FHA came up with preferred development patterns that were low-density and car-centric in part because it was expensive and therefore helped exclude black people, then redlined everything that didn’t conform to that preference in order to deny black people financing for their homes and businesses.

        (This reply lacks a lot of detail and nuance, mainly because I’m writing it on my phone and lack access to references to cite.)

      • Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
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        I’ve lived my entire life here, and I have never in my life seen a car crash into a building, or the aftermath of a car crashing into a building.

        For over 30 of those years, I’ve lived in two of the 10 largest cities.

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        3 months ago

        Lmao. Completely contradicting the videos supposition

        ‘Indeed, because so many of these collisions occur at relatively low speeds’

        From your article. Coincidentally that is where I stopped watching to. First he cites elderly and drunkenness after showing off multiple news reports of elderly and drunk people (in front of drug stores and snack shops) then tries claiming its just speed. No these are incompetent drivers who should be reviewed after a certain age. The drunk stuff is already illegal so good luck with that. I would remind people that some dust crazy stupid shit on horses when drunk back in the day too. So just getting rid of cars isn’t going to stop it.

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      3 months ago

      I thought the same way. Where the hell is that common?

      This channel is always saying things like the Netherlands is heaven and everything good about the country is exclusive to the Netherlands and that the country is perfect with absolutely no faults.

      I stopped watching the videos because it felt like every video was just an advertisement from the Netherlands tourist department.