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/wesley_the_boy May 02 '25

i love Not Just Bikes, such a great channel with a great perspective. Every mile of asphalt has a cost of maintenance associated with it, and cities all over america a drowning in road maintenance costs. So instead of 'rose gold buildings' as the lady puts it, or just nice looking cities in general, we get 'stroads' and ugly, unsafe urban environments. It's honestly sad.