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America’s Transit Exceptionalism: The rest of the world is building subways like crazy. The U.S. has pretty much given up.(benjaminschneider.substack.com)

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buckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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Exceptionally dogshit

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Beetle_O_Rourke [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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MusicOwl [comrade/them, sie/hir]@hexbear.net
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I hate this country so much.

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Beaver [he/him]@hexbear.net
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China built multiple entire metropolitan subway systems in the time it took NYC to extend one line.

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ClimateChangeAnxiety [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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God I need to get the fuck out of here

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TheWurstman [he/him]@hexbear.net
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Meh there is no “good place” just varying degrees of shit.

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Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de
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The US is even shit at car dependency. Iceland is just as car dependent as the US, but they still have safe pedestrian crossings, narrow lanes, 18mph speed limits in town (30kmph), smaller cars, etc.

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