"nobody" wrote in message
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> Pooh Bear wrote:
>> > Right here in the town of Niskayuna, NY. We have no sidewalks in 90% of
>> > the town.
>>
>> Why is that ?
>
>
> Because urban engineers no longer consider human activities, they only
> cater to SUVs and Hummers. They've been told it is impossible for
> humans to walk such distances are that they must absolutely drive their
> air conditioned tanks. Won't be long before US cars don't even have
> openable windows.
>
> If americans were willing to buy cars such as the SMART car
> (http://www.thesmart.ca for instance), you could have sidewalks since
> you won't need streets wide enough to handle multiple hummers.
You obviously don't know Americans. No American would be caught dead in a
smart car. Americans view their cars as extensions of their penises, I
mean, of themselves. The bigger and bulkier the better.
A while back 60 Minutes or one of those shows had the guy on that the big
American automakers pay gazillions of dollars to to tell them what their
customers want. The guy is a psychologist. They interviewed him in his
mansion, which he bought with his paychecks from Chrysler, GM, and Ford. He
said what he found out Americans want after interviewing them is huge,
powerful, intimidating cars that scare other drivers off and beat them into
a combination of awe, fear, respect, envy, jealousy, etc.
That's why you see all the roads clogged with Navigators and Excursions and
Suburbans and Hummers. Even renters who live in aparments who could be
putting all that money they're throwing away on their tanks into a house and
building equity for their future are sinking their entire paychecks into one
of those landbarges to feel powerful and important on the road.
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