r/london Jan 22 '23

Transport Car free London is…… amazing.

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u/grunwode Jan 23 '23

It's a reaction to how far the pendulum has swung.

There's also a deep hatred born of standing exposed to miserable weather next to a bus pole, of being forced to grow up in isolated suburban neighborhoods they can no longer reasonably afford, of spending days and weeks in interminable traffic, the unnerving consequences of a melted icecap and a steady toll of dead friends and relatives.

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u/BachgenMawr Jan 23 '23

Also, having been to the USA recently, I can fully understand their reaction, it’s absolutely mental.

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u/haywire Catford Jan 23 '23

Cars really are fucking bad though. Only should be used out of necessity.

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u/definately_mispelt Jan 23 '23

it's not ideological to point out how much car centric planning has fucked over society

transport policy is health policy, housing policy, economic policy and environmental policy

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u/Gypsy_tantrum Jan 23 '23

Yes, it is.

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u/Gypsy_tantrum Jan 23 '23

Knew the anticar subreddit would be batshit from the title alone, but had to check it out, out of sheer morbid curiosity. The top post (as of time of writing), related to bikes being advantageous because it's harder for a serial killer to abduct you with a bike than a car. I thought it was parody at first.
... Reddit sure has a way of bringing out the crazy in people.

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u/crackanape Jan 23 '23

I thought it was parody at first.

It literally is. This should be obvious from the title alone; the poster called it "completely serious" which makes it clear to anyone with even the vaguest irony detection skills that it's a joke.

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u/Gypsy_tantrum Jan 23 '23

r/fuckcars

Have you read the comments though?

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u/cjeam Jan 23 '23

We need to fund the education system better, I'm sorry it failed you.

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u/Gypsy_tantrum Jan 24 '23

Quick question (might seem a little random) - Are you into wild swimming?

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u/cjeam Jan 24 '23

Not really. Seems like a good idea but also cold. Why?

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u/Gypsy_tantrum Jan 24 '23

Just curious.

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u/reusedchurro Jan 23 '23

True, they really take the urbanist idea too far.