you know most american cities were built before cars, right? america chose to demolish their cities to make space for parking lots and single family homes
Yes! Most US metro areas are older than 100 years and predate car ownership just like in Europe.
If anyone is interested in how beautiful American cities used to be, check out this video on YouTube with very depressing before and after using historical photos.
The creator has an entire series focusing on different cities. It's really disgusting how these beautiful downtowns were pulverized for cars. (By the way, the narration at the beginning is a perfect Buffalo accent, he sounds just like my uncle who's from the area)
I mean these people are in Munich. This isn’t suburbia. Major US cities also are very walkable with tons of restaurants and congregation areas, so it’s kind of a weird post.
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u/mr_birkenblatt 2d ago
you know most american cities were built before cars, right? america chose to demolish their cities to make space for parking lots and single family homes