Back on the old subreddit, I once proclaimed “nuke the suburbs” and there was a struggle session. I trust that this puts an end to it.
well i dont agree. raze them and build blocks of flats with parks between them, and schools and corner stores and all the rest. solve the housing crisis.
nuking them just turns them into national parks mostly abandoned by humans... waitaminute.
I am pro-democracy, but when it comes to neighborhoods dominated by single-family houses, their will just needs to be ignored. :mao-aggro-shining:
I think I had the position "suburbs don't need to be nuked, they fall apart and become useless remarkably quickly when they're not maintained or when a culvert goes out"
the culvert respector has been logged on this whole time
A friend of mine lives in a cul-de-sac and the way it's arranged, there's room for 1 car in front of her house, and there's a short driveway that is wide enough for 1 car (it's an older neighborhood and they have a 1 car garage.) So if they have more than a couple visitors, there's nowhere to park besides further down the street. I parked in front of the house on the "corner" of the circle where it meets the road once, and they actually left a note on my car about parking in front of their house. I was there for a couple hours. Now every time I go over there I have to talk myself out of deliberately annoying my friend's neighbors because, after all, if I start some kind of feud between them, it's my friend who will have to suffer the consequences, not me. It sure is tempting though.
I used to park in a residential area for work and one day when I was coming back some boomer came out and started giving me shit and saying how I can't park there anymore and how his wife needs that spot (while literally standing in his driveway in front of both of their cars). I really wanted to be snarky and remind him it's public property and keep parking there but I figured it wasn't worth the chance of my car getting vandalized by some ego-damaged boomer.
I had one come out and yell from their front door 200ft away "I hope you don't mind your car being damaged!!!", Since the front of my shitty car slightly overlapped the corner of their driveway (trust me it wasn't a big deal).
Even if it was an issue, it's rude and to yell passive-aggresive shit like that from a distance instead of call out and discuss it like an adult. I moved my car 8inches to the right anyway
Where I grew up it was not unheard of to jump people, slash tires or even cut brake lines over "stolen" parking spaces. However that was in a neighborhood which is dense by American standards, overcrowded in existing housing stock and still barely functional public transit. So it was stupid but almost understandable.
Why suburbanites with big as drive ways, and maybe two working adults in the house care is utterly bewildering to me.
To be fair, it's annoying when someone parks on your space instead of in their driveway, or has their guests park there for days
how is this not easily solved by "parking one spot further on the street"
sometimes everyone is parked in the street so you can't go one spot over. Also, that is still annoying even if it isn't that bad in the long run. The solution is nuking the suburbs.
I live down the street from a neighborhood just like this (minus the bike lane because nimby shit) and yeah, houses like this usually have a back entrance with a garage. Seems like most :cracker: have just accumulated so much useless shit that the garage just becomes a place to store shit instead of where you park your car.
Also kinda unrelated, but I've noticed neighborhoods like this that have nice sidewalks with tree cover, a lot of the :grillman: residents still choose to walk in the street for whatever reason. Every time I drive to work in the mornings half asleep I almost hit someone since they're usually not paying attention either.
Also kinda unrelated, but I’ve noticed neighborhoods like this that have nice sidewalks with tree cover, a lot of the :grillman: residents still choose to walk in the street for whatever reason.
This shit grinds my gears, like I'd understand you have no choice if there isn't a sidewalk but you'd be nuts not to use one when it's actually been provided for you.
I know there's a subset of runners specifically who have been led to believe that an asphalt street is somehow softer and better on your joints than a concrete sidewalk (which is false, if you actually want some cushion you should run on a track, trail, or grass). Others will claim to be bothered by sidewalk unevenness, which is never noticeably bad unless there are massive trees pushing the concrete up all over the place. If a slightly uneven sidewalk is enough to ruin your run, you should do some trail running for a couple of months and then you won't even notice the sidewalk afterwards.
Sidewalk unevenness is very noticeable with 700c and no suspension. On foot the only reason I can think of is that the roads are overly wide and path overly circuitous that you could save some distance if you have to cross a few times.
Seems like most :cracker: have just accumulated so much useless shit that the garage just becomes a place to store shit instead of where you park your car.
Can confirm, my parents' garage is full of stuff and the excessively large driveway is where the two SUVs and sedan are stored Q.Q
I walk in the street on purpose. I bike everywhere and want drivers to feel unsafe so they look out for me. I see it as doing my part in creating a car-hostile environment,
Why do you need parking when you have a driveway
Death to America
because the car is the true self, and restricting the true self in any minor capacity is akin to tyranny.
The houses are served by alleys in the back, so the parking is behind the house
suburbia where i grew up all has garages and driveways, and if cars were ever parked on the street you knew someone was having a party
now the sides of the roads are all parked out everywhere because all the households have like 4 cars and they wont all fit in the garage/driveway
death to australia
love to prioritize the storage of my private property on public right-of-way over children's lives
Some of my coworkers live in homes like this in the suburbs. They'll own like 4 cars, two in their drive way and then two parked in the street. It's goofy. They have garages too but the garages are busting at the seams with pointless junk and Xmas decorations.
Oh, they'll have a boat sometimes. They'll park it in the street too. How do they live like this? How do people manage owning so much shit and dealing with it all?
How do they live like this? How do people manage owning so much shit and dealing with it all?
If you believe in a justified hierarchy based on consumption signifiers that shit seems super worth it.
I wonder what those little 4-car-long roads that go straight to your garage are for
Listen here snowflake, you are not owed healthcare, even though UCH would save money in the long-term!
But I am owed free parking on taxpayer dollars even though it isn't profitable, just like how poor porky is owed free labor!
Ugh, this reminds me of that time I was walking from this one people-oriented neighborhood to another in my city and in between was a big neighborhood of single family homes. The road was wide enough for four lanes - two being used for parking of course despite every single house having a driveway and parking lot!!!!!! And the kicker? The only bike "infrastructure" were arrows!!!
I did not know there was a branded name for corrugated plastic. It's the Saran wrap of structural integrity-focused solutions.
