• Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    8 days ago
    • Yes. Yes. We played video games or read books or had to have our parents drive us to a park or walked the whole way (no sidewalks) there.

    • Because our officials are incompetent. Yes. Yes.

    • See above on lobbying from oil and car companies.

    • Because the word “commie” is scary to Americans from decades of indoctrination and the “nuclear family” having their own home is the biggest lie in the “American Dream.”

    • Because of zoning laws. Refer to the above about incompetent officials. Yep, it is simply not possible and legal.

    • Americans care way more about appearances than actually having things be useful. What can I say, we’re fucking coddled.

    Hope this helps. It’s valid to still be baffled at such.