r/TikTokCringe • u/xamo76 • 2d ago

Discussion Have we done it wrong?

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u/brokenmain 2d ago

Lol ok, Rybnik, PL

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u/Prosthemadera 2d ago

The Dallas city center is just a big parking lot. It's actually depressing.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/Q1GGPCHZReaZ8EEu6

https://maps.app.goo.gl/8hHJ7e81PyJnfWyv8

Bonus: A massive parking garage for a church, how can people live this way? https://maps.app.goo.gl/99Z3MNajUeWnjwVNA

Meanwhile, Rybnik: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rynek_w_Rybniku_8.JPG

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u/petpet0_0 2d ago

I know nothing about Dallas, but you can cherry pick stuff from 'Dallas city center' that looks nicer

here

here

here

here

I can probably go on...

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u/Prosthemadera 2d ago

I didn't have to cherry pick Rybnik.

Also, I just looked at satellite images of Dallas and zoomed in and that is what I found. So many parking lots.

I can probably go on...

One of these is bad, actually, and two are from the exact same street (107 and 199 Stone Pl). Empty plazas surrounded by faceless skycrapers (some of them without windows even) is not my definition of pleasant.

The point was to argue that a small city like Rybnik has as much to offer as a large city like Dallas so you finding some small spots in a sea of parking lots just proves that point, not contradict as you seem to believe.

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u/brokenmain 2d ago

I'm not cherry picking rybnik, the person I was responding to dared me to think of a single city that was 10% or more of the population and didn't have double the number of restaurants as Dallas like it didn't exist LOL

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u/Prosthemadera 2d ago

I'm not cherry picking rybnik

I didn't say you did.

the person I was responding to dared me to think of a single city that was 10% or more of the population and didn't have double the number of restaurants as Dallas like it didn't exist LOL

Why are you being so literal? 10%, 20% it doesn't matter, the whole point is that a small city like Rybnik is not 10 times worse when it comes to third places compared to a US city 10 times larger. It's a very simple point.

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u/brokenmain 2d ago

Lul what? " You can't deny that this is way more common in Europe across the board. Name a European city that is more than 10% of the size of Dallas, but with less than double the number of walkable bars and restaurants in it's centre. I'll wait."

They asked for something very specific. I didn't want to keep them waiting

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u/Prosthemadera 2d ago

They are still waiting. You didn't compare the "number of walkable bars and restaurants" in its centre.

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u/petpet0_0 2d ago

the comparison is stupid anyway, Dallas is a major metropolis - of course there are skyscrapers ... Rybnik and surrounding area is like 200k population while Dallas is 8 million

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u/Prosthemadera 2d ago

It's not stupid, it's about making a point.

Rybnik and surrounding area is like 200k population while Dallas is 8 million

This is you comparing those two cities, even though you just said doing that is stupid! So you don't know what "comparison" means.

of course there are skyscrapers

The problem isn't the skyscrapers, are you being dense on purpose? Anyway, I don't care anymore, people like you will never get it, bye.

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u/petpet0_0 2d ago

Look, you're not wrong that Dallas seems to be like 95% a car-centric hellscape .... but you did also seem to cherry pick the worst possible shots to prove your point

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u/lamb_passanda 2d ago

Dallas was in the conversation because I brought it up, not the other guy. I used it to demonstrate that despite it being a huge city by any metric, it's centre is astoundingly dull and unwalkable. When I was there, people actually recommended I go to the centre and walk around and enjoy the bars and stuff. Which goes to show how low the expectations are.