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  • owen@lemmy.catoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.worldIt's true.
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    8 months ago

    Absolutely. In fact, I have found that areas with the most disposable income also get the best city funding. So the people who can afford to pay for third spaces (restaurants, clubs, golfing) also have the nicest local parks and public spaces.

    In my city, the low-income area local parks are literally paved with concrete and next to train tracks, busy streets and/or factories. It’s utterly bullshit



  • owen@lemmy.catoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.worldIt's true.
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    8 months ago

    Nah. Because car transportation is massively subsidised and the automotive industry is so influential, modern cities were built for cars instead of people.

    Sure, we weren’t “targeting non drivers”, but we were exclusively building for cars.

    We’re now reaping what we sowed - cities are now hostile to pedestrians.