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[–] betheydocrime@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm a big pro-biking kind of person. I've lived in LA for almost twelve years now and haven't owned a car the entire time. I wouldn't go quite as far as calling myself anti-car, but I'm absolutely anti-car-brain and think we should be working to make LA as pedestrian-and bike-friendly as we possibly can.

One part of car culture I despise, though, is the recent trend towards super heavy duty double lifted megatrucks that are larger than tanks were in WWII and burn more fuel than God. Sure, there are some places where that kind of vehicle is practical or maybe even necessary, but LA is not one of them.

I work at a parking garage where the vertical clearance is 6'4", and my way to flip those guys a subtle bird is to sell them a parking pass then just let em drive right past and figure out for themselves that they won't fit

[–] stylishboar@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow, nice. That’s a long time to be without a car in LA. What part of LA?

And agreed, although I would even argue that there isn’t really any situation where those kinds of huge trucks are practical. Definitely, some situations need a truck, but a lower pickup with a larger bed would be much more useful. Trucks these days are too high, and their beds are too small (a lot of times even smaller than their cabs), which is ridiculous.

[–] betheydocrime@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

DTLA and its surrounding neighborhoods. People always say that you can't live here without a car, but I moved here from somewhere very rural, where the nearest grocery store was ten miles down a road with no sidewalks and barbed wire right up to the edge of the asphalt. I'll happily bike 30-45 minutes across the city compared to that, haha