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build walkable communities (slrpnk.net)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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Edit: of course this is satire. The power of the reading comprehension devil grows stronger every day 😢

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[–] 168 points 1 year ago (18 children)

Not a strong example of walkable communities, it's quite pathetic in fact. Is this satire?

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  • [–] 176 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    I think it has to be satire.

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  • [–] 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    If it's not satire, America has apparently regressed to a median state of "mentally challenged".

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    I'm gonna have to keep saying this until it becomes common knowledge:

    Yes.

    You are basically correct, yes.

    ~30% of adult Americans are functionally illiterate, 2nd grade or worse reading/writing/vocabulary skills.

    The mean, average American has between a 5th and 6th grade literacy level.

    Despite the fact that almost 40% of US Adults have a Bachelor's Degree or better... less than 10% can critically compare and contrast multiple news articles about the same topic.

    We are very, very stupid, compared to any country with anywhere near the same GDP per capita.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    ~30% of Americans are functionality illiterate, 2nd grade or worse reading level.

    First of all, you're a little high. It's only ~21% of Americans who are functionally illiterate. Source

    Second, the thing people forget about that statistic is it's more or less in line with European countries like Germany, England. And we have better literacy rates than countries like Ireland, France, or Spain. Source

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  • [–] 38 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    More walkable than some places. At least there is a side walk.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Sidewalks and 15-25mph speed limits go a long way. Would be nice if there was little community stores for staples embedded in the neighborhood, but that's a foreign concept in American suburbs

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I was just talking about this with my wife yesterday. It would be so nice if there was a small market in our suburban neighborhood

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    It isn't there because of zoning practices separating living areas from businesses, which is often decided at the local level. Just gotta convince all your neighbors that they should be good with it too....

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    This is ... imo, not satire.

    It is simply an example of the opposite of a walkable neighborhood/community, literally framed at such an angle as to capture the ludicrousness of it.

    It is an illustration of the absurdity of car-brained NA city design.

    But it isn't exaggerated.

    These kinds of developments, neighborhoods, are absolutely everywhere in the US, they are very common.

    Even the use of 'walkable' may noy be satire: If there are sidewalks the whole way, well that would actually be uncommon, and many US policy makers and local city urban planners would actually, seriously, class this as walkable.

    I am guessing folks from more civilized parts of the world are reading this as satire, because this seems unfathomably, beyond belief stupid.

    ... Welcome to America, we hate it here.

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