You don't because you have passed laws almost everywhere that prevent it.

Yeah, I know the guys videos on the walkable cities...definitely a big leftist from CA.

Some stuff is interesting, but he's a bit too preachy.

Yes, there are zoning laws in places...because we WANT them that way....I don't want to buy a nice house and then have apartment complexes built right near me or govt projects...which raise crime and lower home values....who wants that?

My point is....the US is large enough to where if you want a walkabout, urban city...we already have them, you can move there and be happy.

If you want to live a more suburban life,, have your home values protected....you can do that too.

and again...you can even live rural.

You seem to be arguing that there should be free for all EVERYWHERE and allow no separation of choices of types of living conditions or cities....which happens with no zoning.

Why do you hate choices like we currently have in the US?

Ignorant American is ignorant about their ignorance and proud of it.

News at 11.

Snot nosed, big headed foreigner thinks their shit doesn't smell and knows what's best for everyone in the world....

Film at 11....

You think it's not possible to manage a 15lb brisket on a bike?! Are you unaware of the existence of children? They often weigh a lot more than 15lb, and adults routinely put them on bikes. Are you also unaware of the existence of cargo bikes? They frequently carry loads *way* in excess of 15lb!

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(You also seem to be imagining some kind of weirdly strict puritanical world in which people don't get shopping delivered to their homes, don't jump in a cab for a journey home with heavy bags, etc

Not just a brisket...geez, that's just one of the most PITA parts of the grocery list I can think of....but on trips like that to Costco, I will often get a case of Coke Zero, maybe a case or two of beer (If I'm low on home brew). I likely will be buying other groceries, potentially a 40lb bag lump charcoal too, etc.

You can seriously fit shit like that on a bicycle AND...drive it on streets in the US??

Why would I want to spend MORE money for delivery...for delivery charges and tip....on top of my grocery bill? I'm actually trying to stretch my food dollars.

And hell, I'd rather pick my own food out....I don't trust some drone to pick out the best and freshest veggies, best looking meats, etc.....

If it works for you, great, but that type of lifestyle comes nowhere close to supporting the lifestyle I am used to and VERY much enjoy....

Eat less meat.

Well, you lost me AND most of your audience right here.....trying to tell me how to eat?!?!

Hell, I'm mostly carnivore diet right now....it works for me.

The point is to build cities where people are not forced to be dependent on a car. It's well known how to do this.

The US is a VERY large country.....there are already cities very much like how YOU want....but, thankfully, there is enough land here to have it all. If you want to live urban, have at it...if you want to live suburban, you are more than welcome and hey, you can live rural too if you wish.

There is no need to try to fit everyone into YOUR vision of Utopia.

At least it isn't in the USA. You have fully choice here how you want to live....at least so far.

I don't own a car. And I pay about $600 a year for public transport (that's what the one-year ticket for all public transport in my region costs. And no, this is not the famous Deutschlandticket [wikipedia.org]). One problem hence is solved. I will not have to fill 1/8 of a gas tank, I don't have to pay maintenance and insurance on a car. Privately owned cars are a huge financial burden.

Apparently not where you live....which sounds like a very tiny place....

Not the case in the US....driving is the way of life here...it's not inconvenient .....and not that expensive really, just a part of life here.

Like anything there are positives and negatives, but so far I've enjoyed my life and lifestyle here and would not trade it for anything.

Personally, my goal is quality of life, and stability of the food supply. I don't understand why I can't walk to work, walk to buy fresh vegetables after work and walk home to cook a good meal - or walk to a good restaurant. I actually do some of that now, and I see so many of my co-Americans sitting in traffic for 1-2 hours each way, or 2-4 hours a day.. both ways..breathing in that CO2, getting irritated and wasting their time, and making the food supply unpredictable in the long term. There is a long term problem... but the short and long term solution seems one in the same.. don't worship suburbs, have jobs, decent grocery stores, entertainment, restaurants, and affordable housing all in walking distance.

Do remember that YOUR definition of quality of life is not necessarily the same for everyone else.

There are cities, densely populated that will give you pretty much what you want.

However, that pretty much necessitates a densely packed urban setting...that is something I do NOT want to live in.

I do not want to share walls neighbors like I did as a college student....

I want a place with my own yard and garage/patio where I can park a car and motorcycle...where I can keep my very large wood burning offset smoker for BBQ'ing...and my cord of wood I used to fuel it...I want to have room back there to set up and do crawfish boils with friends and have gatherings,etc.

I'll trade "walkability" for that....I like to buy in bulk anywhere, and don't want to have to walk somewhere every day to get food to cook. I see what's on sale each week at the various grocery stores in the area...and I hit those for what's on sale and build my weekly menus from that.

I also buy in bulk from Costco when that makes $$ sense....

No way I could get home with a Costco load walking, or on a bike, etc...that 15lb brisket alone would be a bitch to get home on public transport if I had to do that.

So, suburbia is a utopia for some and their lifestyle.....not for you and that is cool...thankfully the US is a large country and there is somewhere to please most everyone .

Just please don't try to force your happiness on others....

And so far...I've not seen even a hint of food shortage yet in my long lifetime.....

For about the last 16-20 years I've been working remote....all my co-workers live in other states from me.

There is no face to face....and I have no problem being productive etc.

I've had to start coming into an office again....and it's worthless.

I mean, I work from home, I get on the phone for Teams meetings with a headset.

I come to the office, I'm on the very same meetings on Teams with a headset....

The only difference is I have to waste time and gas to drive to a worksite.....get distracted by people I do nothing with chatting and gabbing in the office....and I have a more difficult time staying on my diet since I can't cook in my own kitchen daily.....

I can understand new workers....that interaction for many jobs is important early...but for old farts like me, I don't need it.

I can work with and mange people just fine remotely......especially when your work mates are spread all across the nation.....

But apparently.....mgmt doesn't seem to get that concept.

Drivers Ed taught us to stop every 2 hours and take a break for safety

Never had Drivers Ed....I don't even think it was offered back in the dark ages when I was in school....

The ideal setup - a single family home with a garage that could house a single EV primarily used for commuting

Maybe in your ideal world...

In my world, most families have 2+ cars and they are used pretty much every day to commute to different destinations....or maybe if wife stays home, she runs the kids around in it while Dad works....

If you're not running gas, your stove is probably 240, your dryer is probably 240, and if you have central AC, it's probably running 240.

Yep..my dryer is gas, my stove is gas my oven is gas (I love cooking on gas and avoid living anywhere they dont offer this.

But that being said....even when I lived in places day with an electric stove....all that was plugged in behind it, the plug/outles was not user accessible that I ever found....so, not an option to plug anything into it.

2. You need about one charger for every seven cars to be able to ensure decent access, because cars go about 10 days between charges

This is one BIG difference here...the UK is so small that ya'll don't drive much at all I guess....

Charging once every 10 days isn't remotely a possibility across the US....we drive everywhere...we don't really have a choice.

It's not at all inconvenient - you come home, you open the charge port, plug it in. When you leave, you unplug it, and drive away.

Not unlike my ICE vehicles (especially the diesel) in the winter. Just a heavier cord to plug in.

Ah...if you have the option to have a home with a charge point, that helps....not an option for a LOT of people.

Interesting...about the plug in car heater. Until recently I'd never heard of such a thing....I've never lived that far north...until I was running around with a girl from the NE for awhile I'd never heard of the concept.....a lot depends on where you live I guess.

The US is a very large country with many climates and regional habits, customs, etc....

Anyway...maybe by the time I move and live somewhere where I could charge at home readily...they'll actually have an EV I'd be interested in...something in a 2-seater sports car that is somewhat even remotely affordable.....

I've never owned a car with > 2 seats and all have been manual transmissions to date...so that would be a loss for me....

They actually would get more bang for their buck if they did take one car together, or biked (the majority of trips in the US are under 7 miles, and there are multiple options for carrying kids and groceries and gear on a bike), walked, and/or took public transit for some trips, and only used the vehicles when actually necessary. They would get even more bang for their buck if they didn't own multiple vehicles at all and biked, walked, and/or took public transit for most trips, and rented a/another vehicle when actually necessary. And kids can bike/walk/take public transit on their own long before they can drive, so this would mean considerably less trips to go pick up a kid and drive them somewhere else.

You obviously don't live in the US and don't have an idea how life is here.

Avg 7 miles? Are you insane?

Unless you live in one of the few BIG urban cities like a NYC or Chicago....that is just not the case..there is NO viable public transport....

And if there were, for example the other weekend I wanted to fire up my smoker....I bought a new 40 lb bag or so of lump charcoal to start my log burning offset smoker. I got myself a full untrimmed 12-14lb brisket, a chicken and a couple racks of ribs....some beer, and my weekly buy of normal groceries from Costco and couple other regular grocery stores, that had things I wanted on sale....how the hell would I get that home on a bicycle or public transportation that isn't door to door..?

By the way this type of shopping is not rare for me to do...

Renting a vehicle? When's the last time you did that....that is $$$ and you can't always depend on them having the type vehicle YOU want at the time....

Sure,, look...one CAN do things and bend over backwards to do theEV thing...but for the love of God, why would I want to put myself though inconveniences for my life...and pay more money for that privilege?

I would not consider myself to be anywhere CLOSER to "Type-A"....that's just how I was raised and how most everyone I've grown up with and around drives on trips....

I just want to get there....maximize the destination and tolerate as little as possible for the trip.

That's by car mind you....when out on my motorcycle....most of the fun is the trip.