• Justin@lemmy.jlh.name
      71·
      1 year ago

      Traditional pre-car villages were all walkable and all had their own train station. They sprawled out and lost their train stations when cars came around.

        • Justin@lemmy.jlh.name
          2·
          1 year ago

          Tradition: 5 min bike to village station, 15 min train to local city, 15 min train to neighboring city, 5 min bike to destination, cost 2€

          Modernity: 1 hour of focused labor in traffic, 5 min walk through parking garage, cost 20€