• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Do you think maybe, just maybe, it’s possible that there isn’t a single solution for every city and town in the world and there are unique problems they can face which make things other cities can do untenable? Is that even a remote possibility? Or does it not apply to plowing snow?

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      1 year ago

      I can’t think of a single place in the world that can’t have bikes but can have cars

      You cant think to think of any either, to be honest…

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        Good thing I didn’t say it can’t have bikes then. This is what I said:

        Bikes don’t work well in places like where I live when you can easily get 1-2 feet of snow in the winter. Or very icy roads.

        Please don’t put words in my mouth.

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          I’m pretty sure you can always solve that problem for bikes if you can solve it for cars

          If you can’t solve it for cars then these places are beyond relevance for urbanism

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            First of all, cars have a much greater grip on the road in icy conditions. So they can handle things like black ice when riding a bicycle on it would be extremely dangerous.

            But sure, every small city and town with harsh winters are beyond relevance.

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              1 year ago

              Small city and towns don’t have cars now?

              Guy who said “don’t put words in my mouth” literally 10 minutes ago

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                Small cities and towns have a big problem solving things like black ice for cars. Hence the many accidents on days like that when people drive in those conditions. I know because I used to work for the local news station.

                But hey, we’re beyond relevance.

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                  Beyond relevance period?

                  I thought I meant beyond relevance for urbanism, and by the way I mostly meant for this discussion about snow on bike lanes.

                  Guy who said “don’t put words in my mouth” literally 10 minutes ago

                  Small towns going bankrupt is a result of newer means of transportation concentrating centers of activity within a region.

                  If you can’t clean the ice for cars, cleaning it for bikes is cheaper. If you can’t do any, then don’t do any - you’ve got worse problems. Thus, irrelevant for this discussion.

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                    I thought I meant beyond relevance for urbanism

                    I can’t go by what you thought you meant. I went by what you said.