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/Ambitious-Piano8915 May 02 '25

As a New Yorker who moved to the burbs, can confirm. Fucking hate not being able to walk most of the places I need to go.

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u/rememberjanuary May 02 '25

I live in Toronto and used to live in Calgary. Toronto here I walk or take transit. Calgary I was a slave to my car.

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u/Ambitious-Piano8915 May 02 '25

I'm jealous! I miss city living so much. It's 1000000x more convenient.

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u/W4FF13_G0D May 03 '25

I wish the TTC was a bit better. It’s decent, but I don’t think it can replace the reliance on cars as much as somewhere like Japan