Comments by "Chaos Corner" (@chaos.corner) on "" video.

@NotJustBikes People were responding to someone saying there were no corner shops or whatnot in the US. There are. That they aren't being built any more due to zoning (also not completely true - there does appear to be some light at the end of the tunnel) is important but not directly relevant to the falsehood of that statement. Things are bad enough that there is no need to resort to hyperbole.
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@fulkske Sadly, around here, there are people who won't even come into your store unless they can basically park at the door. There are several decently sized parking lots within a couple of blocks but people just don't want to walk. There is a lot at the back of our store and I've had people ask if they could use the back door rather than walk the one (small) building to the sidewalked road and around to the front.
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 @AmeyaVaidyaExEcutESC2 What you say is largely correct but not all American cities were built post-car so your statement is not universally true.
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@AmeyaVaidyaExEcutESC2 Yeah. It's understandable but we need to move past it. Possibly AI will lead use to improved planning. Central planning is a lot of the problem but AI might be able to mimic organic growth.
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I've been railing about this kind of zoning for a long time. I'm originally from Europe where mixed use is somewhat standard. I ended up choosing to live in a small city where mixed use was still somewhat grandfathered in and it has actually seen something of a renaissance in recent years (covid lockdowns notwithstanding). Interestingly, Dollar General has actually been taking advantage of this gap in the market and bringing groceries and essentials closer to people (albeit with questionable employment practices). I can actually walk and grab some milk in about 1/8 of a mile.
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@Aidan Collins So would they. Unless they wanted to end up in the gulag.
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@cerebraldreams4738 That's where I live. Though it's true I'm not an American. That is where I live though.
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