r/geography • u/villehhulkkonen • 1d ago

La is a wasted opportunity Discussion

Imagine if Los Angeles was built like Barcelona. Dense 15 million people metropolis with great public transportation and walkability.

They wasted this perfect climate and perfect place for city by building a endless suburban sprawl.

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u/ReadinII 1d ago

New York is 100% more enjoyable without a car: nothing to argue about.

They need to start closing more streets to motor vehicles during certain parts of the week. Let service trucks make deliveries and pick up trash during the week and then close a bunch of street on the weekends.

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u/Jus-tee-nah 1d ago

absolutely not. esp with recent events a lot of us women don’t like taking the subways. i take ubers everywhere. and rich people take car service. so this will never happen.

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u/scarredMontana 1d ago edited 1d ago

i take ubers everywhere. and rich people take car service. so this will never happen.

You must be rich too if you're taking Ubers everywhere...

Joking, but I do understand the fear women have with the subway. A lot of my female friends voted for Adams just because of this...which was pretty frustrating at the time...and still is. Turns out white liberals flock to/love the police as much as Republicans.

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u/violent_cat_nap 1d ago

Lmao Ubers in nyc are terrible. The subway is fine

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u/LearnedZephyr 21h ago

You’re more likely to be hurt in a car crash.

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u/Just2LetYouKnow 1d ago

I don't live in NY so apply the tourist filter to this comment, but I have no idea how anyone drives in NY, that shit is insane.

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u/adultingftw 1d ago

I live in NYC and end up driving a lot (mostly in the outer boroughs). Cars and trucks park in the middle of major streets, so driving on "the wrong side" is common (and necessary). Cars don't for pedestrians at intersections, unmarked lanes, motorcycles and cars running red lights all the time ... it's really no surprise how many pedestrians die in car accidents here; safety just seems to be fairly low on the list of priorities when it comes to driving (behind aggressiveness, speed, etc.). New York could be a great city some day, but not if New Yorkers keep driving like this.

Sorry, rant over.

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u/scarredMontana 1d ago

It's literally a grid city so it's kinda super easy. Plus, during the day, most people are in the office so there's not insane crazy traffic. Now getting out of NYC...that's the horror.

In DC, they have diagonal roads crossing every which way and it gets confusing AF.

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u/Just2LetYouKnow 1d ago

Figuring out how to get around was simple, actually trying to drive anywhere was a madhouse.