• tormeh@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 year ago

    I think we agree but I still need to point out: Individual transport will always be a requirement for living in rural areas. The “fuck cars” sentiment only makes sense in cities with more than ~3 million inhabitants.

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      1 year ago

      3 million is gigantic! The country I’m in currently barely has that many people

      You can do car-free at any size if its planned right.

    • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1 year ago

      What are you smoking lmao, do you seriously think anything below 3 million people is rural?

      rural is when it takes you an hour to reach the nearest grocery store by car.

      • andrai@feddit.de
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        1 year ago

        That’s not rural, that’s ultra remote wilderness. Like what place doesn’t have a grocery store in a 100km radius? Some place deep in the Australian outback?

        • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏@lemmy.one
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          1 year ago

          Village of ~10k, nearest grocery store is 25min walk, 10min bike, 5min car.

          There are also three smaller stores a 2 min walk away. Europe for reference

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            1 year ago

            I sincerely doubt there is a a place in Europe outside of maybe remote Scandinavia or Russia where you can’t get to a grocery store after driving for an hour.

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            1 year ago

            My definition of rural is a place with some semblance of human habitation that is not urban. A speck of land characterized by villages, farms or forestry. Where you have limited access to the amenities found in cities.

            However, what village does not have a grocery store? Or at least not one in the next bigger village?

            Do you have some examples of villages without a grocery store an hour of driving away?

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      1 year ago

      While I agree with the sentiment on cars in the city, I’d say that it is already viable in much smaller cities. I live in a city with 350k inhabitants and I’m doing quite well without a car.

      • tormeh@discuss.tchncs.de
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        1 year ago

        For sure. But forbidding cars doesn’t make sense until you have several millions of people in a single city.