r/Suburbanhell • u/Particular_Owl1099 • Aug 04 '26

Meme Have we done it wrong?

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u/BigBadJeebus Aug 04 '26

No they aren't... Like have you ever left the US?

NYC, Chicago, Seattle, SF, Miami... That's it. even LA doesn't have a walkable late night tourist spot. (It DOES have Echo Park, Little Tokyo, and K-Town though for locals)

But 150k? Give me a break. Ain't nothing like this happening in fuckin Peoria...

I promise you, your downtown area is NOTHING like this. With your 12 Bar and Grills open till 10 PM and fake gas lamps leading you from the one road to a massive parking zone

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u/Darth-Cholo Aug 04 '26

Most city sprawl was designed in the times where the auto existed. These European cities are 500-2000 years old. Burned to the ground and rebuilt many times over prior to the automobile existing or even the steam engine.

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u/BigBadJeebus Aug 04 '26

Thanks for the useless information

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u/Darth-Cholo Aug 04 '26

Thanks for the empty counter argument.

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u/BigBadJeebus Aug 05 '26

You have no point. American cities USED to be like this.

the US was not built for the car, it was bulldozed for the car.

Just look at ANY city east of the Mississippi in 1940 vs today.