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Once you go down this rabbit hole, you realize how much of American society is designed around the car.

Parking minimums, suburban design, all of it -- for a lot of Americans, and particularly I think the current center-Right leaning culture of Bitcoin, the "good life" means a house in the suburbs in a community that revolves around car use.

It's one of those "Matrix" things -- once you're aware of it, every time you leave the house or visit some more suburban area, you see how many intentional design choices there are in the built environment that make it hostile to walk, bike, or do anything except drive to get from point A to B.

Bill Cypher 1w ago

Giving up the car means moving into densely packed areas that sacrifice other sovereignty like food production on your own land.

I'm sure many here have lawn love but my land is a productive food source.

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Globe99 1w ago

Yeah I want to differentiate living in an actually rural setting and being somewhat or completely independent in an "off-grid" sense, from The Suburbs.

Suburbs don't work without massive subsidies for infrastructure, and regulations to allow for car accessibility of services.

I think the future for most of humanity is dense urban environments, which are more sustainable than the suburbs because it's more efficient to provide infrastructure and transportation.

Totally respect people who go this route, but it's simply not feasible for 8 billion people to have their own plot of land and be off-grid independent.

Comte de Sats Germain 1w ago

Its very feasible. It only appears unfeasible because we think we're limited to "arable" land. We aren't. We're not even limited to land.