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  • SoyViking [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    muh Burning man

    Yes, let's learn city planning by looking at a summer camp for self-important hipsters instead of looking at actual cities that are doing actual stuff that actually works.

    Set up the city for telecommute

    What does this even mean? Sure, some office workers have that possibility but there's no such thing as a telecommuting carpenter or nurse or firefighter. Most people need to go somewhere for work.

    We also have self-driving

    No we don't. Not outside of closed, heavily monitored systems like subways. If you want cars, somebody is going to be driving them for the foreseeable future.

    For Christ's sake, city planning is not that hard, most problems has been solved ages ago: Build ample cheap transit that also works outside of work hours, build public spaces like parks and squares, and prioritise pedestrians, bicycles and transit over private cars. Build dense buildings to facilitate walkability but avoid building bullshit like skyscrapers that are too big for the human scale.

    • LaGG_3 [he/him, comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      telecommuting fire fighter

      "Yep, that sure looks like a fire. You should get out of there."

      :this-is-fine:: Great, thanks!

    • iridaniotter [she/her, she/her]
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      2 years ago

      What does this even mean? Sure, some office workers have that possibility but there’s no such thing as a telecommuting carpenter or nurse or firefighter. Most people need to go somewhere for work.

      Just buy a Tesla robot bro, just operate a Canadarm.

    • UlyssesT
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      edit-2
      2 months ago

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