Comment on The American mind cannot comprehend this

• FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  There are lots of American cities with large open-air commercial areas which are car-free.

  For example, the Santa Monica Third Street Promenade.

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  Which has a farmer’s market.

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  • dragontamer@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Oh I’ve been to New York and the Wash DC Smithsonian, likely the two best public transit systems in the USA. BART in San Fran also is fine.

    But I’ve also gone to Madrid, Tokyo and some other cities around the world. There’s no comparison. Best in the USA is closer to average of Europe, while average of USA is pretty bad public transit wise.

    Ex: I’ve also gone to big cities like Nashville, Manilla Philippines, Los Angeles where things are closer to bus-only.

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    • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      And yet plenty of American cities still have large, car-free areas.

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      • dragontamer@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        But all cities are car-first designed. As opposed to European model where cars are actively being de-prioritized on a city level.

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  • yiliu@informis.land ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    “Lots” of American cities seems like an exaggeration.

    Some American cities have certain areas which are car-free.

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    • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      How many European cities are 100% car-free?

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      • dragontamer@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Wasn’t Paris’s speed limit set to like 15mph?

        Multiple cities in Europe are becoming ‘Walking First’ cities where cars are effectively 2nd class.

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      • Alborlin@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Not car free but i can definitely tell you there is possibility to walk, public transit in MOST of EU cities. Starting from Scandinavia, almost any city with pop , 10k or more will have generally bus transport, and probable connectivity to nearest big city by train/bus, big cities have metro (Stockholm) that I know of Germany has vast network of rail(although it’s schisse at moment with DB) , within cities its bus , that I know of . France almost any big city will have bus, tram and/or metro and long distance trains Same for spains cities , Netherlands is famous for its Public transport This is from what I know

        Cars are severely slow and given less prio in these countries, in any of big city e.g. Barcelona, Paris, Hague, you can see you can go faster by public transportation or almost same time as car for same destinations , check it out in Google maps with comparisons

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• LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Even though this image is the above ground view of a giant ass parking garage. You all eat this shit up hook line and sinker.

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  • cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s a joke that’s circled round like an Ouroboros. Americans say “The European mind can not comprehend this” under images of racing trucks with US flags on. Then Europeans do this in response.

    So many have been made with varying degrees of irony to the point it’s meaningless.

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    • LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      👌👍

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