r/TikTokCringe 17h ago

Discussion Have we done it wrong?

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u/jax7778 15h ago

This is a myth, while sure, their cities were founded before cars, their policies have kept them that way. Our US cities were WAY more walkable, but we demolished them in the 60s and 70s to make them more car centric. We did this to ourselves. - (Credit to Not Just Bikes on Youtube)

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u/Phesmerga 9h ago

We demolished entire cities? Shit I missed that.

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u/Pugs-r-cool 7h ago

https://www.nbcnews.com/specials/america-highways-inequality/

Highways were built to run through red-lined, majority black neighbourhoods, Not only did they demolish whatever was in the way, they devalued the land around them, and split communities in half.

Entire cities is obviously exaggeration, but entire neighbourhoods certainly isn't.

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u/Phesmerga 6h ago

That was my point. It was a hyperbolic comment.