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soie's avatar

it's capitalism and greed. american cities were not built for the car. they were bulldozed for the car.

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Victor Chang's avatar

I agree with everyone you said here (every day the temptation to quit my job and travel Asia grows stronger) but I do think there’s a tendency to miss the more negative aspects of a country when you’re visiting as a tourist. East Asian countries typically have much more competitive childhoods, much worse work life balance, lower incomes, and more rigid gender / societal norms.

re: public transit in particular, the main issue is just that America is much less geographically dense when compared to Asia or Europe, so almost everyone owns a car and the economics of bullet trains are difficult to make work. it’s not a surprise that the one place that has decent public transit - New York - also happens to be the most geographically dense area of the country.

anyways I enjoy reading your posts and keep up the good work!

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