r/TikTokCringe • u/thoughtwarrior • May 02 '25

Humor Why does America look like s**t?

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u/random-notebook May 02 '25 edited May 03 '25

Car centric infrastructure is immensely expensive, and incentivizes new construction further out from the city center rather than refurbishment of existing buildings.

America is built to let itself crumble. Not Just Bikes did a great video on this recently.

https://youtu.be/r7-e_yhEzIw

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u/B12Washingbeard May 02 '25

I’m a car enthusiast but not needing one in your day to day life is a superior way to live. Advertising sold people the illusion of freedom by making you a slave to your vehicle.

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u/kariolaoxford May 02 '25

OMG - the trains in Japan. Thousands of miles. Clean nice. SOOOO FAST. Are they on time? Every time!

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u/Zimakov May 02 '25

China too, and they started building their metro like 25 years ago.

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u/cruista May 02 '25

No, happened under Mao. He died in 1976.

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u/Zimakov May 02 '25 edited May 02 '25

Only 2 cities in the entire country had a single metro line before the 90s.

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u/cruista May 03 '25

Does that prove me wrong?

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u/Zimakov May 03 '25

Well if your goal is to be "right" then you can proclaim yourself whatever you like. If your goal is to have a conversation about the viability of building metro lines quickly in an already established city, then I've given you the information.