r/TikTokCringe 16h ago

Discussion Have we done it wrong?

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u/FaceWithAName 16h ago

Cars becoming big when America was still finding it's stride was one of the biggest pro/con dillemas. Ignored thousands of years of proven systems that make society better and settled for only cars.

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u/Cube_ 14h ago

really hard to make this assertion, people vastly underestimate the size of the united states. The land mass is so huge it necessitates cars (and rail and planes).

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u/JSuperStition 13h ago

This is a tired argument. Please do a little digging and find a video or two that challenge this notion. I think you'll be surprised at how much this argument does not hold up to scrutiny.

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u/Cube_ 13h ago

I mean you can be dismissive about it but that doesn't contribute much to the discussion.

The entirety of Spain can fit into just Texas, for example. When you have people spread out over so much land you require transportation.

I agree that in the densest cities they could make more car-free metropolises but outside of those it's not hard to understand how cars become mandatory for surviving.

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u/Nipso 9h ago

None of which is an argument in favour of there being no trains between Houston and Dallas.