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[–] zebidiah@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And bring local pubs to America! Turn one of those shitty little McMansions into an Alehouse every eight square blocks and you've just solved drunk driving!

[–] Son_of_Macha@lemmy.cafe 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not alcoholism and domestic violence though

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Pff, like anyone considers those to be "problems" /s

[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 9 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Do American suburbs not have the concept of a "corner shop"? Somewhere you can grab some basics by walking there in 5 to 10 minutes?

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 10 points 1 week ago

They basically only exist in more urban areas, not suburbs. And, as someone else mentioned, they mostly sell garbage.

[–] scoobford@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 week ago

No. They exist, but they basically only have beer, cigarettes, chips, and candy. No actual food.

They're also very badly overpriced.

[–] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 week ago

Yes we have that concept. We just don't often have that reality.

[–] azimir@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

Most are gone. T a combination of being zoned out and people being willing to drive 30 minutes to a big box store instead of walking 5 to a corner market nuked most of them.

I have a map of where they used to be in my city 100 years ago. (We do transit advocacy and need data on city history.) They used to be every 400m or so across the entire city, but now? Only a few remain.

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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago

You'd think the people living in this 'walkable' neighbourhood would end up starving and being underweight ... when in fact they all just end up overweight with diabetes and heart disease

[–] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 8 points 1 week ago

I walked 3 miles today and carrying groceries in a plastic bag fucking exhausted me

They have to go 7.4 miles just to buy an energy drink and come back

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"Why does everyone want to live in pre-existing postwar suburbs? what is the magical x factor that makes people want them?? "

[–] PresidentCamacho@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I think it is a few things and mostly centered on raising a family. I also think its lame but these are the reasons as I see them.

  • They tend to have good schools

  • They have front/back yards for children to play

  • The buildings are physically separated so the chance you hear your neighbors is low

  • The neighborhoods are much more quite

  • The neighborhoods have low crime

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

....

Did i really need to add an /s? I thought the quotation marks were a clear enough indicator.

People want older suburbs because they're planned to be walkable

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[–] CtrlAltDefeat@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago

don't take them for granted in the States

[–] pelya@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I live in an apartment building. The liquor store is on the ground floor.

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