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The Happy City Experiment
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The general theory of walkability
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The Gym of Life
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Large-scale physical activity data
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COVID-19 Commuting Survey
urbanstudies.uva.nl/content/blog-series/covid-19-pā¦
Cycling and walking to work lowers risk of cancer, heart disease and death
theconversation.com/cycling-and-walking-to-work-loā¦
Longer commute times increases risk of depression
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214140ā¦
What if we can design transit to improve our health?
www.wsp.com/en-ca/insights/ca-what-if-we-can-desigā¦
Are cars the new tobacco?
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21610130/
The Dutch are the most physically active nation
www.ipsos.com/en-uk/dutch-are-most-physically-actiā¦
The hidden ways that architecture affects how you feel
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Facts + Statistics: Aggressive driving
www.iii.org/fact-statistic/facts-statistics-aggresā¦
Cycling, car, or public transit: a study of stress and mood upon arrival at work
www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJWHM-ā¦
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0:00 Social connections are important
1:00 Why suburbia exists
1:26 Suburbs are isolating
3:23 "The happy city" experiment
4:31 Bland spaces suck
5:15 Americans are fat and lazy
6:36 Mall walkers
7:03 Driving is depressing
7:51 Road rage
8:57 We can do better
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Add on to this, parents were scared into having their kids not go outside because of strangers walking around snatching kids. This only occurs because thereās no adults walking around to keep an eye on other kids safety.
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I once read somewhere that people want to go back to college life so bad because of its walkability. How easy it is to go from where you live to where you study to where you eat, and you can see your friends anytime just by a 10 minute walk
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Back when my depression was bad, I would frequently get advice to "Just take a walk!" Except the suburbs were so repetitive and bland that they just made me more depressed lol
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My parents live in a suburb and "mall walk." My theory is they like walking in a mall because it simulates a city, albeit poorly. Same with why they like Disney World and Europe. They also thought of moving to a planned residential community and raved about how the developer had built a school, library, fire department and a "Main Street" with a few restaurants. I though they were joking at first and said, "You mean it's an artificial city." But they shook their head and said no they would never live in a city.
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I talked with my brother about this. Now that we're adults, we were wondering why we ended up playing so many video games and becoming generally isolated. We think It was just so difficult to get out and do things when we were sooo far out on the fringes of the suburbs. We could hardly bike anywhere either.
As always, Im glad and thankful to see content like this that shines a light on these issues (even though they're in plain sight!)
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Talk to people that actually grew up in big cities. You'll find just as many that felt isolated, lonely, stressed, and depressed. Many that grew up or live in the suburbs may have a "grass is greener on the other side" view of urban life that is just not true. Lots of people leave cities for the suburbs or smaller cities and towns.
I absolutely love Tokyo. It could serve as a poster child of urban living. Low crime, great transportation, lots to see and do, etc. But you have to acknowledge that there are a lot of very lonely people in Tokyo. It's a growing crisis there, and in American cities, and in American suburbs. There's lots of things we might consider blaming that on, but it's not really a suburban vs urban thing imo.
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I also think because of the suburbs things like cottage core and studio ghibli have rised in popularity. Because a world where you can travel outside and hear nothing but leaves moving in the wind and birds chirping sounds like a dream. Not only that but the community aspect of villages is so unrealistic while living in a suburb.
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"it doesn't have to be this way" That's the kicker, it was planned. It certainly does not have to be this way and every day someone somewhere is making choices to negatively effect our lives. And I hate that.
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I'm also an introvert who grew up in the suburbs. Don't think I realized what drew me into the larger city until I temporarily lost the ability to drive and started watching urbanist content. Transit saved me during this time, and now I'm looking for an even better place with good walking and transit options, where driving is fine for escaping into the mountains or an extended road trip but not a requirement for going to my local coffee shop. Sadly it's going to take decades and a cultural shift for many U.S. and Canadian cities to get to a point where all these modes of transport (rail, bus, driving, biking, walking) are valued equally for what they accomplish best.
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āBut it certainly doesnāt help when, walking here, sometimes feels like youāre committing a crimeā
This hit me so hard!! Iāve never heard that feeling put into words more accurately. It really does! In some areas you feel almost guilty and outcast for going on foot
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I am not an introvert by any means but I truly appreciate isolation. I've lived in just about every type of environment imaginable and I found it amazing how lonely it was living in or even near a city. You can be surrounded by thousands of people on a sidewalk or a bus stop or go into an office sit at a cubical and just not have any real connection with anyone for weeks on end. I ended up settling down in a small town in the woods with a population of about 1,500. There are weeks where I probably see more wildlife then people and times when I drive down a road 6 hours after it snowed and there are no other tire tracks made yet. We have 1 gas station that is also a pizzeria and wild game tagging station, you can't go in there without running into at least one person you know well enough to ask them how their family is doing. Interactions with people may be few and far between but at least they are genuine.
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We build problems, so we can sell solutions.
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My problem with American Suberbs is that there is no city street life and at the same time it is not a peaceful nature walk. The community somehow takes the worst of both worlds that I agree only isolates
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One thing that I do advocate for is for people of the community to participate by attending their city hall meetings. There are a lot of meetings. Choose a few to attend. See how it works, see who goes, see who is left out of the planning decisions, who is part of the decision making, what is being planned, who is doing the actual planning? Remember, the community has a voice, just have to be part of the process.
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Unfortunately, i just absolutely hate people when there are too many. Drama, bickering, fights, crime, littering ...
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I got in an argument with someone about Chicago and they genuinely seemed to believe that all the crime, issues, etc happen in the Loop only and that we all live just where the big buildings are. I realized this and didn't even bother feeding into it because they probably wouldn't understand just how big Chicago really is.
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I think it's also each to their own. My friend/ex neighbour moved from my town (not a city, but bustling town nestled in nature) to a suburban gated community environment and she has never been happier. With all kinds of organized events, facilities, and top notch security, she looks like she's living her best life. Meanwhile I know I wont fit in there because I just can't get over the Squidville feeling. It's really each to their own.
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Feel this. I'm stuck here with a very debilitating disability and absolutely no way to provide for myself or move out. Suburbs suck out a person's soul.
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Iāve always been the happiest when I lived in Japan as a student and tourist. No one seems to believe me when I say the environment is what makes me feel at ease. Sure, Iām partly a weeb, but man. Itās nice that if I needed something from the store, I could walk five minutes to a family mart. Or if I wanted to go downtown, I could walk an hour or take a ten minute bus ride. Anything and everything I wanted was accessible. Not to mention the cultural differences that I enjoy on top of it. Edit - also, bonus points for me being a tall white guy in Japan. That strangers would engage conversations with me. Iām normally shy and donāt say much. But people approaching me, made things a lot easier socially.
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My wife just moved in with me from Japan, here in North Carolina. The other day, we were driving back from doing some chores and she says randomly, "So what do teenagers do in American cities? I don't really see anything for them to do, if they don't have a car." I explained to her that they don't really have anything to do, especially now that a lot of malls are dying, and that's why American teenagers are usually either outside the house misbehaving and getting high, or just staying inside all day. Car dependency is ruining our cities, sure, but more importantly it is ruining our kids.
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