The Suburbs Are Bleeding America Dry | Climate Town (feat. Not Just Bikes)

CHANNELS THAT ARE BOTH GREAT AND RELEVANT :

ZONING STUFF YOU CAN DO

3) City Specific Zoning or Board Meeting Links:
4) Don’t see your city? They’re often hyper-local, a little hard to find, and go by different names. Search your ‘zip/town/city’ and these search terms:

Community Board Meeting
City Planning Board Meeting
City Planning Commission
Zoning Committee Meeting
Community Engagement Meeting
Public Consultation (Canada)
YIMBY (Yes, In My Back Yard)
Housing Reform Groups
Density Advocacy

5) Join or donate to a zoning-focused organization:

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Written by Rollie Williams, Jason Slaughter, Ben Boult, Nicole Conlan
Shot by Nicole Conlan

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[Rumade]

Walkable neighbourhoods cut DUIs too. Walking home tipsy is one of life's great pleasures. You feel like you're gliding.

[mairsilpretner]

As a Dutch person I would like to stress that, while we do let Jason live here, we do not in any way or form condone the concept of a bag of milk. This is 100% Canadian madness.

[readwiththeo]

i moved to the japanese countryside 2 years ago, and one thing that's shocked me is how i still live in a walkable community while being in a super rural location. my town has about 2000 people and is surrounded by rice fields, but i still have a grocery store, post office, bank, 2 bars, a train station, etc. within a 10 minute walk. i don't have a car OR a bike, i live in the middle of nowhere and can still walk everywhere, it's awesome

[ellie]

As a European, this video honestly blew my mind. I had no idea that THAT'S why single-family homes are so incredibly common in America. No offense, but living in the suburbs and not being able to just walk to the nearest store or...anything, honestly, seems like a nightmare.

[DerekTJ]

As an Irishman, not having a pub within walkable distance would be a problem (it is in rural Ireland) because drink-driving is a major social and lawful no-no here.

[Elleh]

Fun fact malls we're originally intended to be mixed use walkable zones. So using an out of business mall for this is very effective and appropriate

[chenzenzo]

As a former architect, every zoning meeting we went to dropped our IQ by 3 points.

[gr-]

I’m a structural engineer, and I have designed a lot of buildings that contribute to sprawl. I don’t have any say in the form of a building itself (that is up to the architect), but I make sure buildings won’t fall down in the presence of wind, earthquakes, heavy snow, etc. In many ways, I feel like part of the problem in America‘s urban development. Your video gives me hope that America‘s urban development problem can be fixed by passionate, courageous people in the next generation. Thanks for putting the effort into research to educate viewers. I will look into attending a zoning meeting in my area of the midwest, US. Perhaps in this way I can make a difference.

[insu_na]

I love everything about this video, but what I love most is the "magic of editing" mismatched cut. That is just perfection

[welkijken]

As someone from the Netherlands i could not believe there are places where you cannot just walk to a grocery store nearby and worse be completely dependant on a single mode of transport. That's insane. What if your car breaks down? You must beg to others or call a sevice on the spot wasting money and loads of time?

[dicnneu]

I wish they would increase the soundproofing requirements in apartment buildings, to make living in them less awful.

[FirstnameLastname-xqrp]

I lived in New Zealand for a few years, and one of the things I miss the most was not needing to drive. I had a car, but I hardly used it. I saved money, lost weight, could go to the bar if I wanted, and actually enjoyed driving again because I was using the car to go on trips. I would explore the city just by walking, and I saw so much that I would have otherwise missed.

[DarrienGlasser]

This video got me to start a Strong Towns chapter in my area. We’re campaigning to reform zoning to a form based code, and fight for pedestrian safety across southern NH. Thanks rolls

[wyatttomlinson]

Hi! I just wanted to let you know this video spurred me to find my city's city council meetings, thanks to the Google search terms you provided in the description, AND the zoning map! Guess what, most of it is R-1 zoning! I'm planning on going to one of these planning meetings and hopefully get something going...maybe even interviewing some local residents! Let's see how that goes!

[atomicfault]

What baffles me the most about these suburbs is that they insist on making them COMPLETELY FLAT. No conforming to terrain, nothing. I live in a fairly car-dominated place in Australia, and almost all of the suburbs follow the terrain instead of bulldozing through it.

[Griffin]

I managed to get my mom to sit through this whole thing. She’s never been very interested in this kind of topic but found the video funny enough to subscribe at the end of it. Thanks for all the time you put into these, it makes a difference

[puellanivis]

I surprised a bunch of people by how Germany has such small fridges, because it’s so convenient to go to the supermarket. When I told them I had two within a 5-minute walk and 3 in a 10-minute walk, they were like :O WHAT?!

[jjk]

As a Korean American who's lived in Korea for half my life, I miss the walkable neighborhoods teeming with life during night and day. Easy to just walk out for a snack, meet friends, grab a beer, go to work/school. If I need to, I could take the bus or taxi for to go some place a bit further away and the time is not different than taking a car. Most families own one or two cars, with most parking areas underground or in a separate parking building. There are definitely pros and cons for the dense urban lifestyle, but America just lacks decent urban areas so much that I miss it a lot.

[Monoiru]

My bf is American living in the suburbs and I’m from Norway. Whenever I visit him I’m baffled that we need to jump in the car to get groceries. First time I was suppose to visit he said he would be at work one day I’m there and I said «well that’s fine I’ll just take a walk to the mall» he laughed so hard🥲 I’m so happy I have 3 grocery stores walking distance from where I live lol and nearest mall is 20min away by walking😅

[shawnbottom]

Modern suburbs are the worst of both worlds. Not enough space to do something useful with your property, like a food forest. Yet everyone is still effectively piled on top of each other. Except for the grocer, walkable amenities such as shopping or entertainment are all just novelties that get old after a while. It's for those reasons that I choose neither and live in a rural area. That makes even more sense now since I can work from home many days.