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suburban rule (lemmy.cafe)
submitted 10 months ago by spujb@lemmy.cafe to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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[-] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 64 points 10 months ago

God I wish. I live in an American city, so it's too dangerous to walk along the 4 lane stroad to get to the grocery store a block away

[-] spujb@lemmy.cafe 23 points 10 months ago

my condolences:(

[-] ParsnipWitch@feddit.de 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

When I look at those neat American suburb grids and imagine to be a shop owner, I would love to put my store directly into the grid. Is it just not allowed to have a shop in those neighborhoods? Isn't that anti-capitalist lol?

[-] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

That's correct, suburbs are the product of the worst housing experiment in the US, in which racists fled from cities to suburbs. They were designed to benefit white people in the aftermath of WW2, because white people were more likely to afford a car. More racism prevented POC from buying in the suburbs or qualifying for housing loans. A second layer of racism came when the Department of Transportation intentionally used Emminent Domain to design the highway network for disrupting and dividing neighborhoods of black people. The whipped topping of this racism pancake came from an unassuming supreme court case, which allowed for municipalities to "preserve the character of the community", which cemented racist single family zoning into city ordinances and prevents literally anything other than a single family home from being built

[-] fkn@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Suburbs without cars are food deserts. No shops, no public transit. Only single family homes, schools and pedophile shuffling services (churches). If I had to walk to buy any food (even fast food) it would be a 45 minute trip minimum.

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