i missed this the other day but this is an ASTOUNDING level of doomerism when many of the biggest urban areas in america wouldn't take *that* much to radically improve them. i watch NJB for ideas to advocate for in america and he's out here going "nah just uproot your entire life and leave lol" ffs - ThreadSky

katie.bzky.team • 575 days ago

i missed this the other day but this is an ASTOUNDING level of doomerism when many of the biggest urban areas in america wouldn't take *that* much to radically improve them. i watch NJB for ideas to advocate for in america and he's out here going "nah just uproot your entire life and leave lol" ffs

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katie.bzky.team•575 days ago

clearly i need to get some new and different urbanist youtube channels. i already watch citybeautiful and citynerd so throw some recs my way if anyone has 'em in the fuck cars feed

victoriaa.bsky.social•575 days ago

Oh The Urbanity! is pretty solid, and will also bump the alan fisher/armchair urbanist recommendation, big fan of his.

katie.bzky.team•575 days ago

great, ty!

scarlets.bsky.social•574 days ago

Adam Something is good. Consistent commentary on urbanism advocating for walkable human-centric cities and self-sustaining suburbs in favour of public transportation over cars.

Also regularly dunks on Musk and techbros thinking they've reinvented urban planning.

https://youtu.be/mV6ZENGko1I

vegetablegremlin.bsky.social•575 days ago

climatetown is good and entertaining and engaging

katie.bzky.team•575 days ago

oh he's great i really should watch him more

vegetablegremlin.bsky.social•575 days ago

yeah yeah yeah. real good showmanship instincts, good production, good research, varied topics, nice mustache, no notes

chefbrandon.bsky.social•574 days ago

In the same vein, Future Proof is FANTASTIC as well !

vegetablegremlin.bsky.social•574 days ago

oh another recco: Trains Are Awesome https://www.youtube.com/@Thom-TRA

dm6.bsky.social•575 days ago

armchair urbanist is my fav

katie.bzky.team•575 days ago

alan fisher? will check out

dm6.bsky.social•575 days ago

yeah he's great i'm always excited when he uploads

katie.bzky.team•575 days ago

i'm hyped

dm6.bsky.social•575 days ago

oh also rmtransit is really good too. he mostly makes videos about public transit and transit networks as per his username but he recently uploaded a video where he talks about how hopeful he is for the future of american cities and transit systems

juliagiantrat.bsky.social•575 days ago

me being woke on my yt channel "do white flight"

katie.bzky.team•575 days ago

LITERALLY LMFAO. "go gentrify europe and raise the rent for locals who no longer can afford it. do what white people are doing to mexico city but in lisbon instead"

vegetablegremlin.bsky.social•575 days ago

read yt as yt

vegetablegremlin.bsky.social•575 days ago

oh little sidebar bout this i tried to post the "give up" screenshot on the fb group "fuck and i cannot stress this enough them cars" facebook group after looking quick to confirm it hadnt been posted yet and it was declined. lol lmao

katie.bzky.team•575 days ago

Lol. Lmao

vegetablegremlin.bsky.social•575 days ago

its the way he insists this is what his channel has always been, that is hilarious. like i think even he has covered the ways amsterdam had previously been regarded as fundamentally For Cars and it took a massive uphill fight which involved blocking streets to change this

vegetablegremlin.bsky.social•575 days ago

YET all he can imagine in north america is "groveling advocacy" like bitch Chicago's infrastructure has improved specifically because we blocked up the streets

trashturkey.bsky.social•575 days ago

Pretty silly considering making cities more pedestrian, bike, and bus friendly is often pretty cheap. Yeah I get it's a long uphill climb for the US to adopt mass transit, but there's all kinds of low hanging fruit. No reason to be a doomer

ripperoni.com•575 days ago

Oh I see where this started

juliagiantrat.bsky.social•575 days ago

oh wow this sucks shit

katie.bzky.team•575 days ago

just unsubbed lol he was always smug but this is such a douchebag thing to say

ripperoni.com•575 days ago

It’s also just weird because at this exact moment in america, some places transit is getting better and it’s good to focus on that. It also is separate to how I feel, where I want my city better for others disadvantaged more than me.

katie.bzky.team•575 days ago

exactly!

vinca.bsky.social•575 days ago

Well, yeah I gave up on North America, but the lack of alternative transportation options didn’t even rank on the list of reasons why.

ripperoni.com•575 days ago

It also depends on what give up means. Like I think the existing power structures gotta go, but there’s still a shit ton of people and life here that aren’t going anywhere

vinca.bsky.social•575 days ago

Exactly. And I didn’t give up as much as spend a shitload of time money and energy getting out of one of the worst places in the US and into a better place, which wouldn’t have been possible without a car.

ripperoni.com•575 days ago

Absurdly fair

marlo.ooo•575 days ago

exactly this

ripperoni.com•575 days ago

To be clear, doomer take and also extremely euro centric

katie.bzky.team•575 days ago

he's become european

ripperoni.com•575 days ago

It’s also funny because when someone says “go to Europe” it’s kinda critical to be specific

muffinparty.jedisex.com•575 days ago

He's Dutchposting now

katie.bzky.team•575 days ago

i don't know if he's racist enough to dutchpost yet but it's hard to say. @cockremover.bsky.social can we get the native dutch consensus?

ripperoni.com•575 days ago

It also all feels so strange, because any city or place can shift so fast. Like sometimes I feel like living in the belly of a beast means I should fight for better while in it rather than leave

cockremover.bsky.social•575 days ago

They don't seem racist but they are right about dutch cities being nice

vegetablegremlin.bsky.social•575 days ago

clicked on dutchposting just to see if this was what was being talked about here and: it is, lmao

vegetablegremlin.bsky.social•575 days ago

guess what bro north america is the seat of empire actively destroying theh world so just Giving Up and seeking shelter in a nice neighborhood wont protect you forever. You arent rich enough to truly survive teh collapse.

ripperoni.com•575 days ago

Wait, I need to learn more because what happened. I know he lived in London, Ontario which is particularly bad for transit and walkng

katie.bzky.team•575 days ago

he talked about it on the strong towns podcast and there's more traceable conversations about it on twitter but his attitude seems to be that he got burnt out after a decade of trying, left to the netherlands, and now seemingly regrets trying at all. i don't entirely fault him but it's short sighted

vegetablegremlin.bsky.social•575 days ago

i fault him for telling other people they should do the same

vegetablegremlin.bsky.social•575 days ago

he didnt have to tell everyone he's a bitch and its silly to be surprised when it gets people calling him a bitch when he does

ripperoni.com•575 days ago

It’s fine if you as an individual, if you have the means, want to check our. But that literally cannot be THE solution by definition.

regimecpa.bsky.social•575 days ago

When I see that flag

sapphicfrotting.bsky.social•574 days ago

Dutchaboos are the worst imo

rosieqparker.bsky.social•575 days ago

People with the freedom to leave usually also have the most power to effect change. Meanwhile disavantaged people - usually the ones most affected by societal and structural problems - are stuck facing the problems head-on with an ever-decreasing amount of support. It sucks so much.

katie.bzky.team•575 days ago

spot on

poppyhaze.bsky.social•574 days ago

i also watch Miles in Transit for the reality of public transit and they're just so excited

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