djrobstep

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by djrobstep 1y ago
Cars seem to live in a special category in peoples minds where the costs simply do not exist, and thus the problems can be solved by simply throwing infinitely more resources and space at the problems. Cars are inherently spatially ineffici
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by djrobstep 1y ago
> Public transit needs a lot of money and time Public transport is far, far more cost effective than car infrastructure. And that's just direct costs - not even including the cost of sprawl (which makes all other infrastructure more
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by djrobstep 1y ago
People are products of their environment. What purpose is served by being judgemental and separating people into deserving/non-deserving baskets? Everybody should have a right to healthcare.
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by djrobstep 2y ago
The concept of a business can only exist within the context of a myriad of laws (property law, contract law, etc) all of which require violent enforcement or the threat thereof, ie reduction in personal liberty.
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by djrobstep 2y ago
> You can't have free markets without personal liberty I literally just explained why the exact opposite is true. Not a proactive conversation if you’re not going to engage at all with what I said and just talk past it.
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by djrobstep 2y ago
Good example of how ideology (and motivated reasoning) really clouds people's thinking. Personal liberty and free markets are in direct conflict with each other. Free markets require private property, which requires enforcement through
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by djrobstep 2y ago
Uh huh honey. Newsflash: Most people are doing their jobs because they have to to get by, and don’t have the choice to work on socially-useful-but-not-lucrative stuff.
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by djrobstep 2y ago
What are you talking about? It will have overwhelmingly strongly positive effects, while also raising revenue to fund stuff like more transit. Congestion charging is great and every city should do it!
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by djrobstep 2y ago
You’ve never heard of public housing?
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by djrobstep 2y ago
How much do you think supply needs to increase in Australia to bring homelessness to zero?
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by djrobstep 2y ago
Are you actually living in Australia? Because nobody here would describe it as having an extensive public housing program. Your own source says that public housing is a small percentage of housing and is at a 40 year low.
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by djrobstep 2y ago
But it’s not just the block sizes, it’s also the streets. Often Western Sydney streets have no trees at all (and even no footpaths)
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by djrobstep 3y ago
From wikipedia: > Cycling is increasingly popular in New York City; in 2018 there were approximately 510,000 daily bike trips, compared with 170,000 daily bike trips in 2005.[2][3]
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by djrobstep 3y ago
New York City, for one. Heavily used transit, and in recent years much improved bike lanes, and a v successful bikeshare scheme. I highly recommend reading about Janette Sadik-Khan's great efforts to make NYC more walkable and bikeable
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by djrobstep 3y ago
That is not how it works. What people want is a function of the choices available. When the government builds a ton of car roads, people want cars. When they build great rail, bike lanes and walkable streets, people want cars much less.
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by djrobstep 3y ago
I currently work from home, but with occasional (completely unforced) days in the (open plan) office. I’ve found I detest the noise of the open plan office so much that I end up using one of the spare meeting rooms instead because it’s quie
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by djrobstep 3y ago
Low density doesn’t = nature, it equals car-dominant sprawl, which is what creates the pollution and noise you mention. Cities aren’t loud, cars are loud.
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by djrobstep 3y ago
Pure ideology.
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by djrobstep 3y ago
Melbourne has a lot of cars but the air quality is nonetheless good by world standards. The roads are car-dominated and not very friendly to bike on. There are a few bike trails which are great, but they aren't well-connected to each o
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by djrobstep 3y ago
One thing I did not appreciate until I got an electric cargo bike is how they are faster than cars for typical city journeys if there’s any level of traffic. I live in a city of 5 million people and if I needed to get across town in a hurry
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by djrobstep 3y ago
No such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing. Bike ponchos are a game changer for dealing with rain. I actively enjoy biking in bad weather. And my kid/dog sit nice and dry under the hood of the cargo area.
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by djrobstep 3y ago
I get most of my grocery shopping delivered, or I go to the supermarket in my cargo bike, dump it all in the front, and ride home. You really don't need a car for this stuff at all.
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by djrobstep 3y ago
> Because you're not developing against a schema, you can, for example, retool a feature and its data quickly without having to stress about migrations. A big advantage for a startup looking to move fast. Why wouldn’t you need to wo
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by djrobstep 3y ago
That's exactly what I'm saying, yes.
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by djrobstep 3y ago
> the right to own property, and to trade it without coercion Trade requires coercion. Without coercion to stop you taking a particular object, there would be no need to trade for it, you would simply take it. Without coercion to stop yo
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by djrobstep 3y ago
The US also has this.
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by djrobstep 3y ago
What are you talking about? Australia's superannuation system is also defined contribution with individualized risk.
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by djrobstep 3y ago
Commuting to work by train but driving around otherwise is very common, but it's usually because train lines are oriented about CBD trips, but less so for cross-suburb trips. Are you saying you'd use a car for non-work trips even
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by djrobstep 3y ago
Fear of public spaces or even being in the same space as strangers isn’t “liking different things”, it’s a psychological problem - albeit one that a lot of people experience due to modern society being very atomised.

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