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Kayla Lahti's avatar

It's a shame that questioning car dependency is becoming a culture war issue, but it feels kind of inevitable. There is a conservative case to be made against car dependent societies, but the voices on the left are just more numerous and vocal on this issue. Their messaging, which often invokes climate change, turns off conservatives, or worse, sets off a backlash like what we saw with the "15 minute city" conspiracy theories.

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Marissa's avatar

"This is because it is effectively impossible to treat driving with the seriousness it calls for and demands, and also rely on driving to do almost everything." Very true!

I like that Addison Del Mastro writes about how urbanism should be a non-partisan issue. As a mom, I think there are so many points to be made about how total car dependency is not family friendly.

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