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rosa californica

I don’t think anyone who loves cities would disagree with that, least of all me I also think squalor or a real sense of lawlessness in a city is terrible for everyone including the most vulnerable

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Dan Tuke

Right and by eliminating a bunch of street parking in NYC, they have been able to tackle a ton of “squalor” by being able to containerize garbage instead of the decades-old practice of just dumping garbage bags on the sidewalks.

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Dan Tuke

I live in Baltimore, a place with a bigger reputation for “lawlessness” and “squalor” than damn near anywhere else in the US; “getting more people into cars” isn’t solving any of the problems my community is facing, and the added expense of owning a car is something the vulnerable can’t swing.

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Dan Tuke

Ultimately what cars end up doing is allowing people with some degree of means to opt out of sharing spaces with others, resulting in the most vulnerable being left with ever-worsening services.

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rosa californica

I agree with all of this. It’s why so important that public transportation be robust, safe, and mostly pleasant.

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Dan Tuke

Right and it is none of those things when people wildly overdramatize the frequency and degree of negative interactions they have on public transit in order to make some sort of peace with their choice to never use it.

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Dan Tuke

While ignoring the *massive* safety issues and health hazards associated with cars, things that (surprise!) generally involve car-users externalizing *tons* of damages on others so they can “feel” safe

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rosa californica

Agree, though we should neither overdramatize nor shrug off legitimate problems—both give fuel to the haters. I’ve relied on public transport for my daily commute my entire working life. I love the NYC subway so much I wrote my law school application essay on how much I love it. Haters can suck it.