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Good. People from outside city centers need tonaccept the fact that their low-density neighbourhoods are not nearly as valuable as the mid- or high-density neighbourhoods of cities and also it’s not the people in the cities’ jobs to bulldoze their own shit to let a few people drive their stupid cars through it like they own the place. You grossly over-estimate the value of “visitors” and under-estimate the value of make cities accessible to the people who actually live there.
Also, pedestrian streets, when it comes to smaller purchase stores(no couches or fridges), are overwhelmingly better for businesses but the owners refuse to believe it because they’re scared. Even then, I went to one appliance store partly because I could take the metro there and didn’t need to drive and then just got the fucking thing delivered for free. Never had to involve my car once, which is good because it’s not big enough for a washing machine anyway so I’d have needed to rent a U-Haul anyway.
What I’m saying is: I hope your city makes the right choice in the end and ignores the stupid people in favour of being objectively correct.