Sneaking Journalists into Suburbia 

just another day in suburbia.... this is why you must never take the sidewalk (that is really fucked tho)

Imagine living in an area so devoid of things to do that you have to do a drive by shooting of pedestrians with BB guns for fun.

That's... Actually worse than my bike ride the last 4 miles home last weekend. I go to collage across the river from my home county, and St Mary's has been struggling against the advance of suburbia. The county is just poor enough to be largely ignored by the suburban regime, and as such their decades old urbanist pushback attempt hasn't yet been undone. Rumor has it that the transit network here was designed by a great urbanist from the struggling bastion of Baltimore, who liberated us from the crushing realities of rural transit, connecting residences to the aging urban centers, and designing a reliable hourly bus service with a multitude of guaranteed connections, and the ability to get nearly anywhere in the county for $3 round trip. We have clustered centers of small, somewhat dense housing within walking distance of services, at least if you are willing to brave the asphalt paths traveled by the suburban death machines. I myself have been looking into recieving proper urbanist training, in order to infiltrate the suburbanite leadership of the county of my birth, and provide viable alternative transportation for the suburbanites who are forced to unwillingly wage the war against pedestrians and cyclist in order to partake in the sad image of a walkable urban center this side of the bridge, which is the best they can get within a hundred weary miles. I'm loving this metaphor or suburban ideals as a police state, by the way. The HOA I grew up with actually isn't too strict, but it really does feel like an oppressive regime sometimes, and it's better to laugh than to cry.

I’m so glad I live in the UK with fierce gun control. If someone did that to me and I had a gun along with everyone else I would’ve shot out his tires to screw him over in response.

What was that song in the intro called? I thought it was a lovely tune, I wish I could find the proper name.

"Nah, just leave it as it is"

Hey, they're just trying to preserve their neighborhood character! This is small town America, where we don't need big city stuff like transit, multi-story buildings and a six-lane highway. Oh wait, actually we'll take that last one.

muh empty homes

@@alexwithclipboard neighborhood character = Dick's Sporting Goods, Target, Panera Bread, and 368,000 parking spaces.

@@denali637 Sounds like GROWTH to me!

Had to stop and laugh there as well. At least the urbanites will win the "humour war" it seems ;-)

omg I didn't know it was him lol

Chef's kiss

Exiled Resistance Leader LMAO🤣😂😆

Canadians are also fighting the suburban cold war. But we too have our casualties and our leaders in exile!

Very confused Canadian :)

Yay somebody finally acknowledges that my home province exists! Oh wait, nevermind...

Well it is the "war on cars" according to the suburbanites? In reality all we want is to not be forced to choose a car and instead be able to walk, bike or take public transport. If you really want to drive, that's fine. Just realise that most people don't want to drive. They are forced to.

Personally, I wouldn’t even see it as humorous. I see it as a conscious choice to show how selective language used as propaganda can often frame our opinions.

it is war tho the only war the class war

@@linkhidalgogato oh yes, absolutely

Wow, lore already! The States, Canada and Australia. I guess that's what happens when a country steals so much land they don't even know what to do with it.

My laugh-out-loud moment was "...with a rapid assault of mixed-use infill development...", with "Johnny Comes Marching" playing urgently in the background. Brilliant!

@@sarahcarroll3753 Even better, some of the editing cuts were sync'd with the music.

Only through pure grit and determination did they manage to cross the 18th parallel

I'll suggest the same thing I suggest for the transit authority board members. I think we just make upper administration get around campus without a car. "Wait, what? Why is it stopping? This is the middle of the route!!"

"Hi, professor. Um, about that assignment where we have to single handedly reverse 80 years of auto-dependency. We're gonna need an extension." "To when?" "Eh, like 2100."

@@alexwithclipboard make sure you site your sources ;b

Works Cited: RU-vidrs Jane Jacobs Every driver who's ever told me to "bIkE oN tHe SiDeWaLk!"

@@alexwithclipboard very good reliable resources 👍

@@alexwithclipboard To be fair, Vancouver did it in like 30 years.

What project? (If you don't mind me asking)

No, but then the new residents would compete for existing parking, even if parking isn't decreased. So we can't change anything!

@@alexwithclipboard Right! If we added residents, parking lots that currently aren't even full on the busiest shopping days of the year might occassionally be utilized to their maximum design potential by people (checks notes) parking in them.

@@jonathanstensberg Yeah, sounds dangerous. What if I couldn't find a spot??

@WalterUWhite Yo Excuse me. This is a picturesque rural community, not a city.

That’s a nimby for you

Im near New Brunswick, so this is an honor to know nearby town is Alex Davis's video.

Also go over how bad train schedules can ruin a regional rail

This resistance is gooowing to explode in number, like a cult. Let's mark it 24042022 : 610 views