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  • lonewalk@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    The traffic argument is so infuriating. When will American journalism, and Americans at large, realize the very simple truth: no large city in the US will ever exist without traffic, without a fundamental shift from our car-centric culture and development to transit-oriented?

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, I hear you, but what if we add another 7 lane highway that cuts right through the center? I think that would solve the issue

      -random US city response, probably