One of my favorites, just remembered it, and this article is from the AU’s perspective.
I like that they have to explain it to Aussies because they don’t understand why there would be a need for massive parking lots.
Not all US cities have reliable or widespread public transport networks, so it’s likely that a similar number of Americans drive to and from concerts. As such, most stadiums in the US are surrounded by vast parking lots to accommodate all the vehicles - but not in Australia.
oh my god this is so accurate. I have parents here who pick their kid up from the school bus stop that’s one block away.
One. Block. In the suburbs.
It’s so freaking insane to me. The worst part? He’s 14! A 14 year old can walk a single freaking block home folks. I was 10 and I was riding my bike home. But parents are so terrified of everything and everyone that that’s the “only solution” they can think of.
And note I said pick up, they get in their freaking car and drive to go pick him up one block away.
Americans are so. fucking. stupid.
It’s not just parents either. That video mentions a school where a father got in trouble for trying to pick up his child on foot instead of by car, and parents being charged for letting their kids play outside.
Our whole society is sick.
A big part of my childhood was walking or bicycling places with my friends. And now we have cell phones, so it should be even safer than it was back then!
I watched, it’s freaking stupid, and that’s exactly what I’d expect from terrified boomer/gen-x suburban parents. Anything, anything slightly different from what they do is considered terrifying and worth complaining to the
managerpolice/government about.