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This is apparently in Columbus, Ohio -- a pretty major city by any stretch of the imagination.

And yet there are people who rail (geddit?) against 15-minute cities and efficient public transit that ensures no one ever gets stuck like this.

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[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

That's not an option for people who live in ~~good~~ food deserts.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 4 points 1 day ago

Just fyi you got autocorrected (I swear, autocorrect feels like it's more and more often these days changing from one correct word to a different word that's grammatically correct but not what I wanted to say) from "food" to "good".

Anyway, django's point was the same as OP's: that car-dependent urban design is bad for people. Food deserts are a feature of car dependency. They're not a necessary feature (as in, it is possible to have car-dependent cities that don't also have food desert), but by definition a 15-minute city, the thing this Community exists to advocate for, cannot be a food desert. A well-planned city makes it possible to get to a grocery store within a 15 minute walk or ride.

[–] django@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 day ago

And it is pretty sad, that people have to live like this. It takes me 10 minutes to walk to the store, 2 minutes by bike, or one bus stop.

[–] tate@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There can't be food deserts in 15 minute cities.

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Most people don't live in those

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] django@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 day ago

And pretty sad, to repeat the wording of the original post.