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[–] dont_lemmee_down@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's fun. I was a driver kid and didn't know what I was missing till I moved to a place with good bike/public transport infrastructure.

I suspect people who claim that they prefer to have a car never experienced how much better life quality is in a place without cars where cycling is convenient.

(The noise pollution alone is worth it!)

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

There's no accounting for taste, as the saying goes, but where have you been that is quiet but not car-reliant? The lower population density that is made possible by driving reduces noise much more than cars increase it.

[–] Hoimo@ani.social 4 points 23 hours ago

You underestimate how much noise cars make. I'm 20 meters from my neighbors and I never hear a peep. Meanwhile, I'm a kilometer from the highway and I can hear always hear it at least a little bit (and a lot when the wind is in my direction). So you have to go really low density, like 1 house per square kilometer and 5 kilometers of dirt road before even reaching a regional road, to go quieter than this, but... unsurpisingly, not many people live there.