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I could and have taken SEPTA to my job in strawberry mansion but it’s a 20 min drive vs. 90 on 3 buses. I’m usually driving around different locations in Philly but when I’m staying in one place and it’s only one bus I take it. Sucks when it doesn’t show up, and when it’s too crowded to sit.

they want to have both car brained dependency & enjoyable urban culture. basically, urban culture with exclusivity. which is crazy because both are incompatible.

Giuliani and Adams are the latter, not that either of them is capable of embarrassment

TBH if I lived in New York I would probably be on City Island or in Jamaica. Walkable, medium density areas with good transit but not in the skyscraper part of the city proper

Right. Also, Chicago (plus DC, Philly, NYC) also have transit-oriented suburbs, so people who want some urban amenities/access but still to drive a lot have that choice. (Such suburbs don't exist outside most U.S. cities, but they do in these!)

it's bad enough for decisions to be based on imagined traffic jams and parking shortages it's worse when the decisions are based on traffic jams and parking shortages for people who hate being here

and especially in the context of west side san francisco, where self-identified progressives have convinced themselves that doing conservative things—like promoting car culture, tearing out bike lanes, defunding public transit, and idealizing suburbia—is progressivism as long as they do it Wokely

Are you trying to get yourself banned from Sunset / Richmond?

Yep. I love my single family home and not paying for parking. Although, in South FL, most yards are way too big and parking lots are often bigger than they need to be too. Wouldn't mind seeing suburban neighborhoods rezoned so small businesses and 5-story housing are mixed into our neighborhoods.

A classic case of chuds not understanding what makes their lives good. They imagine cities as playgrounds and amusement parks, not places people live. The other 99% of the country is boring, but they don't understand that it's boring because it has what they want.

Maybe they have a 3.5% mortgage.

They want to bave this lifestyle but everyone else should stop producing traffic

The places you mention all have great lifestyle amenities: arts organizations, libraries, book stores, fine dining, niche retail, etc. When I first moved to Austin, I was legit shocked at how bad the food was here. It's gotten better but if I had money to burn, I'd enjoy burning it in SF way more.

Years ago I remember a marketing video from a town in…Arkansas I think?…that was entirely about how much free surface parking they had downtown. A perfect haven for free and abundant parking freaks!

"but I can't get a job there!"

They want all the culture but with none of the people getting in the way. Just a society serving their selfish car-loving needs

Something only a transplant would say 🙄