• FireRetardant@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      7 days ago

      The size of a country shouldn’t impact urban areas that much. Cyclists aren’t biking from california to florida on a daily basis, they are biking from their home to their job, gym, or groccery store. Your country is not too big for bike lanes, you’re city planners are just wastefull.

      • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        7 days ago

        Oh I don’t disagree, just a fair point, it wouldnt make any sense in rural areas, which is 97% of the USA landmass lol

    • RedditWanderer@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      6 days ago

      Which makes my point. Japan has 300+ people per square km, almost 10x as dense as the US. They still put out fires and carry sick people.

      • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        arrow-down
        2
        ·
        6 days ago

        My point is it’s much easier to have localized support when there isn’t miles between buildings lol

        • RedditWanderer@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          6 days ago

          Oh I didn’t realize you were making a strawman argument.

          We were discussing the unnecessarily large emergency vehicles.

          • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            6 days ago

            Is it a straw man when I am saying the majority of America is rural and therefore urban-specific fixes for this issue can’t fully apply in a country as large as the USA as it can for some the size of our smallest states