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Today I’m introducing a groundbreaking bill - the National Strategy for Social Connection Act.

It creates a federal office to combat the growing epidemic of American loneliness, develops anti-loneliness strategies, and fosters best practices to promote social connection.

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[–] MomoTimeToDie@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Many Americans don’t even know what it’s like to live in a world where walking and biking is the norm

Been there, done that, and it fucking sucks. I'll take having to drive any day over it.

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I guess? I've lived in places where US style zoning didn't exist and you had little shops in the neighborhoods. It was so nice to be able to just pop down the block and buy some milk or bread or whatever basic thing you needed from the little neighborhood store. Driving sucks, though. You're free to do a lot more while you're walking or biking than driving, not to mention that it brings you into contact with a lot more folks. Basically the only thing you can do while driving is drive and listen to some podcasts, I guess, and the only people who want to talk to you while you're driving want to say things like "nice turn signal, asshole!", Or "Sir, did you realize you were doing 70 in a school zone?"

[–] MomoTimeToDie@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 year ago

I mean yeah, no shit, if I shared your distaste for driving, I'd probably agree with you.