[rychco]

This is cute, but the real reason our teens are inactive & unsocial is because of awful zoning laws + exurban sprawl. It’s not realistically possible to meet your friends anywhere, their homes are too far away & there aren’t any third-spaces to spend time at.

[JKCalhoun]

That never stopped this 70's kid who grew up riding a bike in the suburbs. (There was a brief moped craze though. I couldn't afford one.)

[SoftTalker]

Yeah my hometown in the 70s was entirely suburban in style. We rode bikes all over the place.

[hombre_fatal]

In Houston, my girlfriend and I share a car since I work from home and she doesn't which is sufficient for 95% of our needs.

Yesterday I went to a meetup.com board game night by myself while she was at work and the only option was to take a $17 Uber there even though I live as central as you can get (central means very little in a place like Houston).

It's especially ridiculous after living in Mexico City which has world class mass transit and the liberation to go where you want with nothing but 5 pesos. Houston's mayor calls cyclists "activists" and routinely rips out or rejects bus and bike lanes. Huge lifestyle downgrade, but I love her and this is where she got a job.

[poemxo]

Won't anyone think of those exurbanite children who live in such uncramped areas?