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I suspect #urbanism isn't a popular topic on Nostr, but it's hard to think of a single image that encapsulates everything wrong with American car culture in one image...

It's a representation of the massive amount of space that we've ceded to car storage.... Here represented as literally larger than "human storage."

The "gotta buy property at all costs" mentality, which frequently requires "drive till you qualify" way out into the exurbs, which in turn requires a car-dependent lifestyle...
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Jacob Goff 8mo ago

A vicious cycle fueled by cheap fiat scams.

Im so interested in the urbanism conversation, I think there is way more conceptual overlap that isnt fully appreciated (yet) by bitcoiners.

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Globe99 8mo ago

Yeah it's interesting, seems like most bitcoiners live either (a) in NYC or (b) on a farm.

I'm in (a different) dense urban area, and I've always felt as though the most anonymous and decentralized means of transportation is a combination of bikes / micromobility and transit. But I suspect most bitcoiners come out of a conservative cultural and/or political milieu, which in America privileges "cars and jets" and the main mode of transportation.

Anyway, maybe I'll bloviate more on a long-form post sometime

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Jacob Goff 8mo ago

bro! keep preaching!

bicycling culture in Amsterdam was a particular kind of liberty, i lived there about 3 mos and loved it.

Electric scooters and bikes (and skateboards and one-wheels) and a culture that protects pedestrians would make medium-sized towns 50x more appealing.