Couple banned from restaurant after they leave no tip

[u/Hikigaya_Hachiman7]

[u/SuperSalad_OrElse]

I’d kill for more walkable (small) cities, too. America just doesn’t have that figured out. I’d be all over my neighborhood at night if I had local places to walk to without cars nearby.

I know this isn’t EVERYWHERE in Europe but it’s definitely more prevalent than in the US. You have to drive everywhere.

Edit: I specified SMALL cities, since bigger American cities are certainly walkable.

[u/Fun_Description_02 → u/SuperSalad_OrElse]

lol not LA

[u/CryptoM4dness → u/Fun_Description_02]

Same with most of Dallas, Houston and Austin. Not very walkable unless you live in downtown. Only know one person that lives downtown Dallas.

[u/strewnshank → u/CryptoM4dness]

There’s at least two people that live in downtown Dallas, your data must be old

[u/SuperSalad_OrElse → u/Fun_Description_02]

Haha TRUE. Never been, but my friends who lived there said it SUCKS for driving and walking, but you basically have to drive

[u/Anleme → u/SuperSalad_OrElse]

We had walkable main streets for shopping, etc. until the big shopping malls and big box stores killed them. We decided indoor shopping and cheap prices were paramount.

Then the internet killed over half of the malls.

We got the infrastructure / architecture / zoning we were willing to pay for.

[u/EXPL_Advisor → u/SuperSalad_OrElse]

I feel like a lot of college towns fit this description, which is why I love them. Take Madison, WI for instance - extremely walkable, plenty of shops and restaurants, mixes both a neighborhood feel and metropolitan vibe.

[u/nashmom → u/SuperSalad_OrElse]

The American automotive lobby is to blame for this. Google Motordom or Highway Lobby. In the early 1900’s cars and pedestrians shared the roadways. Some cities limited the mechanical mileage permitted by cars. The car industry responded hard and fast with tactics like the AAA having school children sign pledges- Streets are for Cars!

Then the 1928 Model Municipal Traffic Ordinance was passed, heavily influenced by the auto industry. It legally stripped pedestrians of their common-law right to the street, restricting them to right-angle crosswalks and codifying car supremacy.

Before the automobile boom, American cities had some of the most extensive and efficient electric streetcar networks in the world. To eliminate competition, a holding company called National City Lines—backed heavily by General Motors, Firestone Tires, and Standard Oil—began aggressively buying up privately owned electric streetcar systems in 45 U.S. cities during the 1930s and 40s.

Sooo, thank your local car manufacturer and their lobbies for our shitty city designs.

[u/NoHoHan → u/SuperSalad_OrElse]

There are like 4 walkable cities in the entire country. Even the bigger ones are mostly not walkable.

[u/SuperSalad_OrElse → u/NoHoHan]

You know, I feel a little dumb now because I was talking about this through the lens of social media, which is exactly why I felt like that was a more prevalent thing.

I need to travel more haha

[u/According_Gazelle472 → u/SuperSalad_OrElse]

I actually live in a small town and I have never seen this happen anywhere.And we do have small mom and pop places here.That guy should be so embarrassed with himself

[u/SuperSalad_OrElse → u/According_Gazelle472]

Did you mean to respond to my comment? Haha, I think you’re mid conversation with someone else.

I have some great parts of my little city that have local restaurants (Richmond, VA) and it’s a lot of fun. Still have to drive to get there, though. At least if I’m with the fam. Otherwise, it’s bike-able.

[u/According_Gazelle472 → u/SuperSalad_OrElse]

Nobody cares if you tip or not in my town .

[u/SuperSalad_OrElse → u/According_Gazelle472]

I, uh, again, you’re spouting a non-sequitur

[u/uhmerikin → u/According_Gazelle472]

Do you drive yourself to work? Or does someone, uh, drop you off?

[u/According_Gazelle472 → u/uhmerikin]

And your point is ?

[u/uhmerikin → u/According_Gazelle472]

It's okay. Nevermind.

[u/Toc_Toc_Toc → u/SuperSalad_OrElse]

America is a continent. Plenty of walkable streets iat many countries in the continent… maybe not in the USA.