“It’s not like the government is forcing you to buy a car!”

If you live in a city with parking minimums, yes they fucking are.

  • kitnaht@lemmy.world
    570·
    22 days ago

    No point in that big store if I never go to it because I don’t have anywhere to park.

    And I love how cute it is that you think there are “car lobbyists”.

    • 9point6@lemmy.world
      451·
      22 days ago

      And why do you think you should need to drive?

      There’s a shitload of big stores like that in my city that I can get to in less than 20 minutes without a car.

      Your city is frankly built shit if that’s not also the case.

      • bluGill@fedia.io
        321·
        22 days ago

        Big box stores, not just big stores. From the from door to one to the front door to the next is just barely reasonable walking distance - and that is assuming you take unsafe shortcuts, go around the parking lot on the sidewalks and it isn’t a reasonable walk (if there is snow they pile that between the two doors). If you want to go to some third store instead of the second you can’t get there in a reasonable walk.

        there are many different ways to do a big store. Big box stores are not necessarily any bigger than the others, but the layout of the doors is such that anything other than driving is discouraged by the design and if you do anyway you realize it isn’t safe. There are other big stores where walking is reasonable.

          • bluGill@fedia.io
            1·
            19 days ago

            That depends a lot. there is a big difference between that area between big box stores where the semi trucks drive, the workers are smoking and the dumpster is; and a nice park. I’ll walk miles in a park. I’ll walk miles in a mall (any mall). I’ve walked the distance between big box stores and it was unpleasant and not something I’d recommend to anyone - and I’d never walk it with my kids.

      • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.worldEnglish
        16·
        22 days ago

        excuse me corporations have no financial incentive ever to behave the slightest fart unethically so they never ever ever will.

      • Cris@lemmy.worldEnglish
        32·
        22 days ago

        Actually curious, is this an ongoing thing in America also, or are you just saying it’d be silly to think it’s not? I’d not considered your perspective before and am unsure if this is a documented issue contributing to American city planning, or if your just saying people should be open to the idea of it

    • asteriskeverything@lemmy.world
      15·
      22 days ago

      There’s a lobby for a lot of shit and you didn’t take 2 seconds to think about your claim that a major American industry (one that relies on fossil fuel at that) wouldn’t have lobbyists? Like not downvoting you or anything, I’m too embarrassed for you. Hope you’re not someone who takes downvotes etc to heart.