Me trying and failing to flirt: hey did you know that adding lanes to roads actually increases traffic and so to decrease traffic we actually need to invest in alternative means of transportation like public transit and bike infrastructure and remove freeways since the natural bottlenecks they crate mean traffic will only get worse as they grow so if we want to fix our cities and make them more livable we need an end to the American automotive dependence
Suburban sprawl is inherently unsustainable and the only reason we continue to build it is because the wealthy have a vested interest in it as the automotive dependence and atomization it creates directly lead to corporate profits at the expense of community and human health
Did you know that you can fit a 15 story high-rise apartment tower with over 100 units in the same area as 6 shot gun houses or 2 modern suburban homes because of this we have evidence that the housing crisis is intentional and worsening as we continue to keep zoning laws and refuse to build up density in our cities
Suburban development is not inherently bad in and of itself, streetcar suburbs are proof of that, the issue is with modern american style suburbs and R1 zoning which leads to the over dependence on cars as it leads to naturally unwalkable environments which are devoid of natural life, and 3rd places for people to socialize leading to the development of destinations like shopping malls, a hell in and of themselves, to fill the gaps created by our intentional bad design with over consumerism. There is a reason that the first shopping malls developed in suburban America in the 50s before that shopping was done on main and high streets which are not designed nearly as much to get you to spend money compared to malls as they are a place that exists outside of consumerism alone, people live on a main street, it's a part of a town, nobody lives in the malls
Here is me ranting about Robert Moses for several paragraphs
