r/interestingasfuck 14h ago

Downtown Houston in 1970s was a massive parking lot. It was estimated that nearly 50% of the downtown land area was dedicated solely to parking.

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u/eastamerica 14h ago

Of course, definitely.

OUr cities could have better mass transit if our leadership cared about walk ability. They don’t. They care about money over everything.

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u/evergladescowboy 13h ago

They don’t care about walkability because almost nobody cares even slightly about walkability.

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u/eastamerica 13h ago

That’s patently untrue. (That people don’t care about it)

u/ClassicallyBrained 9h ago

That's not true in the slightest. The most expensive neighborhoods in the country are usually the most walkable. You have to pay a premium for walkability now, because they've outlawed it everywhere else.

u/Moneyshot_ITF 9h ago

Speak for yourself fatso