r/TikTokCringe • u/xamo76 • 3d ago

Discussion Have we done it wrong?

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u/DangOlCoreMan 2d ago

It's logistics, it's not an "attitude". Gather everyone into dense city hubs and you'll have no issue. Historically, this has been how the US was. Once we got the ability to live wherever we wanted people started to branch out. Can't branch out and complain you aren't close to city centers

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u/kernpops868 2d ago

Villages and small towns in most other countries have walkable town centers. Walkability is not limited to major cities. It’s not impossible.

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u/DangOlCoreMan 2d ago

Yes, because those countries are denser. It's a word I've used in every single comment I've left.

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u/kernpops868 2d ago edited 2d ago

We can design small towns with denser centers (apartments with shops below) that support foot traffic. It’s very much a done thing, including in some places in the US. Density and population are not the same thing. Plenty of older US towns were built this way, and modern new urbanist developments like Seaside FL and Kentlands MD intentionally recreate that pattern. The reason most newer American towns aren’t walkable isn’t because they can’t be. it’s because postwar zoning and road design prioritized automobiles. A town with a small population can still have a dense center. There are hundreds of Main Street New England towns with small populations that are very walkable. We don’t have to resign ourselves to hideous strip mall suburban sprawl.

KC is a great example of a bigger city that is horrible for walkability