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How do you have an easier time with a cane walking around everywhere than riding in a fucking car? I think you're lying.
Bus. Tram. Subway. Train. And yes, I do drive if necessary. Walkable does not mean walking is mandatory, and a huge part of the push for a decrease in car only infrastructure is the increase in public transportation. The idea isn't to remove the ability for cars to exist, but to make other forms of transportation accessible and possible, and make reliance on cars a thing of the past. I don't know why you've got it so wrapped up in your head that cars are going to vanish and we will only be walking, as if there aren't dozens of other forms of transportation accessible for those of us with disabilities. The time I've spent living in places with good public transportation is the most independence and self determination I've experienced. I'm not lying, you're just disingenuous, stupid, or misinformed.
YOU HAVE TO FUCKING WALK TO AND FROM THE BUS, THE TRAM, THE SUBWAY, AND THE TRAIN. THOSE ARE NOT POOR MOBILITY FRIENDLY OPTIONS.
HOW FUCKING HARD IS THIS FOR YOU TO FUCKING UNDERSTAND, YOU HATEFUL SHIT?
I'm not hateful. The bus stop is never more than a short walk away. If you need a car to go 100 feet, then you shouldn't be living alone. Do you think every disabled person is stupid? I'm not going to choose an apartment up 3 flights of stairs on the other end of the block from the bus stop. I'm going to use the ADA apartment on the ground floor that is a shorter walk to the bus stop than half the parking lot. If I need to get somewhere that I can't access with public transportation without excessive walking, I'll drive or get my fiancee to drive me. I'm sorry you think I'm hateful for sharing my own lived experience. That's on you for lack of comprehension, not me.
Edit: And again, I USE CARS. I will continue to use cars when necessary. An increase in walkable cities and good public transportation means the roads will be more free for those that need them! It's just an all around win, even if you absolutely need a car for any form of transport for some odd reason (even those that require a wheelchair use public transport over cars in most cities that have good transportation, because the infrastructure is built with us in mind).
You seem to think having mobility issues is an all or nothing, can't-move-at-all or you can run around at will thing. I swear to fuck, people like you are the goddamn problem.
Grow up and figure out the reality of the world. Then get back to me. I am not going to live somewhere where I have to walk a path, pull myself onto a bus with tons of other people, cram myself into a seat, ride where I need to go, get what I need, CARRY THOSE THINGS BACK DOWN TO THE BUS AND GET ON THE BUS WITH THOSE THINGS, AND THEN GET OFF AND WALK BACK HOME ALSO WITH THOSE THINGS. Hell, even if I was healthy, that's a pain in the ass.
Do you not understand such fucking simple things? Maybe you need to take the time to think about them. Don't reply to me for a couple of days. Look at people who have mobility issues that don't look that bad. See people getting out of their cars in the mobility parking that just snap up right out of their cars and walk seemingly without issue to the place they're going? Hint: most people who do that are not faking a disability. Disability can manifest itself in many ways, and it doesn't take much beyond simply walking down the street or living alone and being able to do enough basic tasks to get by safely to run into their actual problems.
Grow up, shut up, think, and get back to me. If this was any other goddamn condition, you'd be ostracized from society for being so goddamn hateful, but for some reason, ableism isn't a real enough thing to people for them to be angry, and it absolutely should be as someone who does have some serious mobility issues.
You. Don't. Have. To. Use your car! It's not being taken away! You will have EASIER access to the roads with less people on them. I'm genuinely dumbfounded by your inability to understand this, or your apparent belief that disabled people either don't live in or don't use public transportation in places that have great transport. Seriously. You're fighting ghosts here with how off the mark you are.