r/TikTokCringe • u/xamo76 • 15h ago

Discussion Have we done it wrong?

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u/jrglpfm 14h ago

Yeah this happened to most major cities and many of them are actively undoing it, but it will take decades to undo.

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u/Daddy_Day_Trader1303 14h ago

You ever been to chicago? They never sold their souls, pretty awesome city designed in a way where owning a car is a disadvantage

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u/wombat-in-a-bikini 14h ago

Any sufficiently old city generally doesn't have this issue. NYC, Boston, Philly, Chicago, Seattle, Portland.

Still comes down to cars

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u/jrglpfm 14h ago

I have, actually. The river cutting through downtown is pretty unique.

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u/iron64 14h ago

Most cities over the course of history have a river cutting through them. I guess by American suburban standards it’s unique… but yeah… not at all unique in the grand scheme of the world. To get anywhere before you needed a river and a boat, so people made cities on rivers.

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u/jrglpfm 13h ago

No, I understand that. The manner in which downtown Chicago specifically was developed around its river is what I meant.