boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoIt’s time for Americans to embrace small carsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square178linkfedilinkarrow-up1663arrow-down151
arrow-up1612arrow-down1external-linkIt’s time for Americans to embrace small carsarstechnica.comboem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square178linkfedilink
minus-squareNuanceDemon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down4·2 years agoUnfortunately it’s zoning that caused most of this issue. Not size. Dense residential was disallowed for not entirely un-racist reasons, so it spread out enormously instead. On top of car companies lobbying in various ways to make cars essential.
minus-squareRaoulDook@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·2 years agoPeople also spread out because they could - most people would prefer to have a house with land rather than live in a tiny apt
Unfortunately it’s zoning that caused most of this issue. Not size. Dense residential was disallowed for not entirely un-racist reasons, so it spread out enormously instead. On top of car companies lobbying in various ways to make cars essential.
People also spread out because they could - most people would prefer to have a house with land rather than live in a tiny apt