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• Serinus@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Europe took a long stroll in that direction too, but there are some major differences. First, most of their cities were established before cars. Second, they’re making more of an active attempt (in some areas) to be walkable again.

  In short, in America 75 years is a long time. In Europe, 75 miles (120km) is a long way.

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  • grue@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    First, most of their cities were established before cars.

    That’s true for America too, and isn’t an excuse. American cities were not built for cars; they were demolished for cars!

    For example, downtown Houston, TX in 1957:

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    vs downtown Houston, TX in 1978:

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    • tetris11@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Are those the same location? I can’t see any common landmarks

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      • yimby@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Same location, look for the tall ahite tower with the vertical stripes and balconies, which is in the middle of the bottom photo. Top photo is slightly more zoomed out.

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      • Arcka@midwest.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        There are some blatant disinformation peddlers on Lemmy and it seems like Grue and yimby should have that reputation because the developed area in the second pic barely overlaps that of the first. How could this be anything but intentional?

        Here’s a side-by-side with as close as I could get with current imagery:

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        Identified in each is the 1910 Harris County Courthouse which is many blocks away from the are of the second pic.

        Here’s a comparison of the two and an intermediate perspective from modern imagery. The approximate area of the two pics are outlined in different colors, and a few buildings that are common in all three have been lettered. These are now some of the smaller buildings in the downtown area. It makes sense that lower-density / less-efficient buildings would be replaced with more modern structures (though one of them was replaced with a park 💚🌳). The implication from initial juxtaposition of the original pics that a bunch of tall buildings were torn down to make parking lots is a flat out lie.

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    • ThoGot@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      That’s so absurd it almost doesn’t seem real (from my european perspective)

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    • Trainguyrom@reddthat.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      American cities were not built for cars; they were demolished for cars!

      You can actually see this in any small town that hasn’t seen significant redevelopment since they first paved the streets. Old houses are really close together, small lots, fairly dense development and its only a couple of miles from any part of town to any other part of town, so pretty walkable/bikable by nature

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  • HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    What’s 75 years in metric?

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    • muix@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      2.3652 gigaseconds

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