r/geography • u/villehhulkkonen • 2d ago

La is a wasted opportunity Discussion

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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/occamai 2d ago

Arguably, Boston is truly more enjoyable without a car

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u/ReadinII 2d 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 2d 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 2d ago edited 2d 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.