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I had to move from my cool ass apartment in DC for a townhouse way out in the burbs. I miss being part of a community and knowing all the shop owners in the area.
There's transit service out here, but 30-40 minute headways so.....not really. Nothing to walk to closer than almost a mile away and it's just a shitty strip mall anyway.
No community, just a bunch of people living near each other.
Measuring in money.
The agency’s new report, “The Economic and Societal Impact of Motor Vehicle Crashes, 2019,” examines the costs of one year of crashes that killed an estimated 36,500 people, injured 4.5 million, and damaged 23 million vehicles.
36,000 deaths and 4.5 million injured doesn't cause alarm. And that's only the human numbers. Wildlife doesn't count.
Edit: not sure how this comment ended up in this post.
I remember that comment ...
Absolutely! As Arthur’s theme song says - “Every day when you’re walking down the street everybody that you meet has an original point of view"
When you’re in a car, other people are obstacles instead of opportunities for connection. On for or a bike you can easily have connections ranging from a nod to pausing for a full conversation, and even changing plans to go along with a friend you run into.
“You gotta listen to your heart, listen to the beat, listen to the rhythm, the rhythm of the street. Open up your eyes, open up your ears. Get together and make things better by working together.”
Thanks for the nostalgia.