• FireRetardant@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    Often times being pushed so far from their work because their city downtown is 60% parking lots and it illegal to build any new buildinga unless they are luxury condos or mcmansions.

    If the city still had decent density, they could easily live closer to work.

    • grue@lemmy.worldOPM
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      17 days ago

      Precisely. Claiming that biking is more dangerous than driving because car-supremacist land use patterns force cyclists out into suburban sprawl is essentially disingenuous victim-blaming.