• nifty@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Not everyone wants to live in some EU places because those areas are too densely packed. Vienna has been voted the most livable city many years in a row, but most residential areas I saw were filled with apartments, condos or townhomes.

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      I guess you probably also can’t imagine going somewhere and not driving there with your car.

      I wouldn’t mind living in a city with affordable good apartments with good transit connections, in fact I moved to a small city from the surrounding countryside because I couldn’t stand driving to the city all the time.

      Now I can and do bike almost everywhere because the distances are all small and the bike paths are of acceptable quality.

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        3 days ago

        Yeah, I like sprawling places and country living. I used to describe it as suburban, but that’s the wrong word. People can do as they please, if you like what you like, more power to you. I hope city centers and near by places become more affordable as I know that’s an issue for many.

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        Except driving was awful because everything is so pedestrian leaning, which is fine actually because EU cities are too densely packed to lean towards more car use. I know that’s by design, and I am okay with people choosing a design they like. I am just saying that I don’t like their design, so I choose to live somewhere else. Simple.

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        Hard disagree, lol. Judging by the downvotes, this is what many aren’t ready to hear 😂