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oldboot

Suburbia is Subsidized

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Posted Jun 25, 2022, 7:41 PM UTC

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_ShogunOfHarlem_•

Not Just Bikes is an all around great channel if urban planning is your cup of tea.

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PlainAlloy•

I grew up in Europe. I was old enough when we came to the US to realize that something was just awfully wrong with the way of life in cities here but I could never articulate it until I went down the rabbit hole of this channel. Now when I drive through Cool Springs I’m just depressed.

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oldbootOP•

cool springs is one the worst places, and its such a new city from the ground up, they had so much opportunity to do....not that.

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chasechapmanb•

thank you! this is so useful in debates on subsidies downtown being so controversial while suburbs do with zero scrutinization.

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Brangus2•

I’m still mad the Koch brothers astoturfed a campaign to stop Nashville from building a potentially good public transportation network.

anyway here’s another good video about why suburbs suck

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