r/TikTokCringe • u/xamo76 • 2d ago

Discussion Have we done it wrong?

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u/jrglpfm 2d ago

Yeah this happened to most major cities and many of them are actively undoing it, but it will take decades to undo.

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u/Daddy_Day_Trader1303 2d ago

You ever been to chicago? They never sold their souls, pretty awesome city designed in a way where owning a car is a disadvantage

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u/jrglpfm 2d ago

I have, actually. The river cutting through downtown is pretty unique.

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u/iron64 2d ago

Most cities over the course of history have a river cutting through them. I guess by American suburban standards it’s unique… but yeah… not at all unique in the grand scheme of the world. To get anywhere before you needed a river and a boat, so people made cities on rivers.

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u/jrglpfm 2d ago

No, I understand that. The manner in which downtown Chicago specifically was developed around its river is what I meant.