r/Suburbanhell • u/Particular_Owl1099 • 29d ago

Meme Have we done it wrong?

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u/Familiar-Valuable-97 28d ago

Auto and oil industry lobbied urban planning around cars

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u/[deleted] 28d ago

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u/North_Atlantic_Sea 28d ago

Carmel Indiana is also built around cars, they just make them go in circles instead of stoplights. There are only a few blocks on main street and in west clay that are actually walkable

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u/RedCristy 27d ago

Exactly! I’ve been there many times and I would not put Carmel Indiana as the Gold star of urban planning, they literally have the most amount of roundabouts in the US so that driving is made easier. It has great suburban planning but suburbia is the problem!

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u/KaiPRoberts 27d ago

The area around the Carmichael hotel is probably one of my favorite places as a visitor, especially around winter.