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Wow this is incredibly fascinatingThe algorithm recommended me Not Just Bikes today and now I've watched seven videos or so about urban planning and its effects on culture and behaviour.
Got recommended him a few months ago and lead me down a rabbit hole where I wondered if I should've become an urban plannerThe algorithm recommended me Not Just Bikes today and now I've watched seven videos or so about urban planning and its effects on culture and behaviour.
Yes that's me as well now.Got recommended him a few months ago and lead me down a rabbit hole where I wondered if I should've become an urban planner
No one is forcing anyone to live close to their workplace. I'm sure Dutch people commute as well. However, making residential zones purely residential and killing all modes of transport except cars is surely nonsensical no matter how far you prefer to live from your workplace. And it's not like the roads are great at moving cars anyway under the American design philosophy.I've watched a few dozen of his videos too but grown tired of his arrogant tone and blindness to the fact that not everyone wants to live and work within a 5mile radius. Basing everything on bicycles is fine if your country is as flat as a pancake and the size of Massachusetts, but it isn't for everyone.
If motorized transport becomes so prohibitively complicated that the costs outweigh the benefit (the premise of most of his videos) one is changing people's behavior. I didn't say anyone was forced, I merely said not everyone preferred what he constantly advocates as the solution to basically everything.No one is forcing anyone to live close to their workplace.
The thing is American roads, at least the highways, were never designed with that in mind. They were thought of by a former military leader after his experiences in a military campaign. They don't just move all those cars, they move all the trucks with all the stuff too... and buses, and emeregency vehicles etc. American roads don't suck because of the roads, they suck because the railroads suck, because local transport sucks, because everyone is forced to drive because driving has been so successful it killed of all other means (besides flying) of transport.I'm sure Dutch people commute as well. However, making residential zones purely residential and killing all modes of transport except cars is surely nonsensical no matter how far you prefer to live from your workplace. And it's not like the roads are great at moving cars anyway under the American design philosophy.
I'm concerned that a series called “Not just bikes” is still going to be a lot about bikes.The algorithm recommended me Not Just Bikes today and now I've watched seven videos or so about urban planning and its effects on culture and behaviour.
No but your sole reason for dismissing his points about urban planning in your first post on the topic was that not everyone wants to live and work within a five mile radius. There was nothing else to discuss. And that's obviously not a great argument as having suburbs with shops and other businesses and public transport doesn't mean people can't live further away from their workplace than five miles if they so please. This post is much more interesting.If motorized transport becomes so prohibitively complicated that the costs outweigh the benefit (the premise of most of his videos) one is changing people's behavior. I didn't say anyone was forced, I merely said not everyone preferred what he constantly advocates as the solution to basically everything.
I agree that cars are successful because all other modes of transport suck, but I'd say it's more a case of people "being forced" into cars because the infrastructure has been designed to be car friendly and pedestrian/cyclist hostile. Of course people are welcome to think that that's great. Personally I like being able to walk from my home to various places (maybe because cars are very expensive here and that I like not having to drive home after a drink).The thing is American roads, at least the highways, were never designed with that in mind. They were thought of by a former military leader after his experiences in a military campaign. They don't just move all those cars, they move all the trucks with all the stuff too... and buses, and emeregency vehicles etc. American roads don't suck because of the roads, they suck because the railroads suck, because local transport sucks, because everyone is forced to drive because driving has been so successful it killed of all other means (besides flying) of transport.
That said traffic in Rotterdam, between Utrecht and Amsterdam, in the Hague or Eindhoven parallels anything in the US (outside NYC and California maybe, i've not been everywhere... yet).
If I flew a drone over a bunch of Favelas and told everyone how horrible non car communities are it would be similarly one sided.
I did not dismiss every single point he has ever made. I simply stated why I've grown tired of him.No but your sole reason for dismissing his points about urban planning in your first post on the topic was that not everyone wants to live and work within a five mile radius. There was nothing else to discuss. And that's obviously not a great argument as having suburbs with shops and other businesses and public transport doesn't mean people can't live further away from their workplace than five miles if they so please. This post is much more interesting.
You have this the wrong way around. The US used to have among the best trains for such a vast country, every larger city had trams of some sort. However the automobil at one point made it viable for everyone of modest means to live on their own piece of land with the freedom of travelling anywhere within a certain range. And people chose that over what had previously existed (which wasn't luxury highrises or modern dutch row houses, it was the tenements the free market had on offer). To be clear i'm all in favor of modern developments to reignite whats been lost (tram in Detroit, the big dig in Boston etc.), however I don't think it benefits anyone to continually blame 1 form of transport for the woes of all the others.I agree that cars are successful because all other modes of transport suck,
Trust me, me not loving his videos won't keep you from walking from work. You're safe.but I'd say it's more a case of people "being forced" into cars because the infrastructure has been designed to be car friendly and pedestrian/cyclist hostile. Of course people are welcome to think that that's great. Personally I like being able to walk from my home to various places (maybe because cars are very expensive here and that I like not having to drive home after a drink).
I'm referring to his constant focusing on walmart parking lots etc. He doesn't show suburbs like Royal OakI think you have to explain to me how a very rich country designing their suburbs to only be accessible by car and comparing that to another rich country designing their cities to be accessible by different modes of transport is similar to poor people living in a place where they can't afford a car and where it probably would be impractical anyway.
EDIT: Although I guess you're actually saying American urban planning is the favelas with regards to motorism.
Mr Sheep really felt that lockdown.Over the last days I've spent way too much time watching videos of animals getting groomed. Mostly cats and dogs, but I also found one of a sheep that ran into a forest and hadn't been sheared for six years. Sometimes it's just satisfying, sometimes they're funny as hell.
This one made me laugh quite hard
Here's that poor sheep
I started 7 or 8 hours ago watching these videos, and still haven't stopped what a fecking rabbit hole and messed up people there are in the world!
I failed to stop watching it.
I would apologize if the channel wasn't great.I started 7 or 8 hours ago watching these videos, and still haven't stopped what a fecking rabbit hole and messed up people there are in the world!
Never thought I could sit for hours like that but I did Even made my wife sit and watch the case of Dalia that hired a hitman to kill her husband!I would apologize if the channel wasn't great.
So goodI could watch these all day
Never thought I could sit for hours like that but I did Even made my wife sit and watch the case of Dalia that hired a hitman to kill her husband!
This is great. Been following the channel for a while. That chapter is another good true crime channel if you’re into watching more of that kind of stuff
I failed to stop watching it.
Brilliant I need some stuff to watch before bed.This is great. Been following the channel for a while. That chapter is another good true crime channel if you’re into watching more of that kind of stuff
Hey! I'm the one who posted it in this thread!Brilliant I need some stuff to watch before bed.
It’s funny how that’s exactly when most fans of the stuff like to watch it and it helps them relax and wind down and how that would be unfathomable to plenty of other people. I have to use headphones when my gf stays over because she always says it gives her freaky dreams? I sleep very wellBrilliant I need some stuff to watch before bed.
Hey JP you might like this. We could have similar taste? I also like true crime and psychology stuff.Hey! I'm the one who posted it in this thread!
I like psychology but not so much true crime. I like science in general.Hey JP you might like this. We could have similar taste? I also like true crime and psychology stuff.
Do you have any other psychology recommendations?I like psychology but not so much true crime. I like science in general.
Unfortunately not in that kind of format. I think that this channel reached my feed through MIT opecourseware, there are a few psychology courses in the channel.Do you have any other psychology recommendations?
Nice one. Cheers for the heads up. I’ve seen those MIT videos but they are usually long lectures and maybe slightly intimidating not knowing where to start but I’ll have a better rummage this evening.Unfortunately not in that kind of format. I think that this channel reached my feed through MIT opecourseware, there are a few psychology courses in the channel.
this could seriously push people towards violent crime, just by listening and seeing his faceHey JP you might like this. We could have similar taste? I also like true crime and psychology stuff.
Some clown broke into his house at 2.36.40 and he just sat there as he didn't want to break his live stream ffs
Thought he'd been in the bath too long until I realised he was wearing finger sheaths.
The most youtube rabbit hole-ingest youtube rabbit hole you'll ever watch.
Anyone got any good channels that are mystery-centric? Could be crime or anything really.
Lemmino is great channel (first vid), unfortunately he only releases 2-3 vids a year.@Hectic thanks chief, got a feeling I've seen the first one but will look at them tonight
Yeah I realized after I clicked on it that it was from his channel, think I binged a lot of them a year or two back.Lemmino is great channel (first vid), unfortunately he only releases 2-3 vids a year.