• grue@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Counterpoint: Milton Keynes, etc.

    Granted, I am American and don’t know all that much about how stuff works over there… but am I wrong?

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      1 year ago

      Bring up any of these places in the OSM cycle map view to see how connected they are. Milton Keynes is famous for having a very extensive network of cycle routes, but you might not notice when driving as they are a completely different transport network than the main roads.

      Not sure if you were using MK as a good or bad example of British suburbia?

      One ‘test’ we could do would be: find the most American-like suburb and ask it for a route to the nearest shops or café, pub, supermarket, hairdresser, etc - if it gives you a choice of a few easy cycling routes or regular buses then it’s probably not as car dependent as conservatives want to think it is.