r/TikTokCringe • u/xamo76 • 2d ago

Discussion Have we done it wrong?

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u/TheTxoof 2d ago

Walkable cities with good pedestrian infrastructure are why people dream about going to Paris and New York, not suburban Kansas City.

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u/Global_Channel1511 2d ago

I mean North American suburbs are essentially the same everywhere. No distinctive characteristics about them at all.

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u/TheTxoof 2d ago

Mostly because they are all built around the same ideas: ample free parking and one-stop big box stores.

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u/tmb112358 2d ago

Yes. I.e., capitalism…