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suburb-brains hate this one neat trick! (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 year ago by Sator_is_Tense@hexbear.net to c/urbanism@hexbear.net

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[-] Twink@hexbear.net 45 points 1 year ago

Nature needs horizontal space. Humanity not so much. I enjoy living in Germany so I'm not forced to live in shitty houses which have all ground turned into pavement so they don't have to maintain it like in Ireland. Every place I've been to I have a view onto a tree. I see wild rabbits near city center and there's no houses, only apartment buildings. That's how you save the nature.

[-] Dalvoron@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Live in Ireland, can confirm. Usually they'll put parks around and plant trees in holes in the concrete. I recently went back to my parents place and saw a lot of the development nearby - just hundreds of houses ages away from the town. I think I maybe saw a couple of vertical duplexes, that's the closest to apartments it got. No commercial zoning in sight, guaranteeing most people will drive every time they need to buy milk or whatever. Big shame.

[-] Twink@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

It really is such a shame considering the weather allowing for great natural expansion. I highly recommend you visit Germany to see some nice trees and apartment!

[-] mihor@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

You save nature by bulldozing vast areas of land to build ze Industrie und Autobahn???Deutschland has had 0 bears for the last 150 years, mind you!

[-] Twink@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago

It's true, I haven't seen any bears here, but I've seen some otters and a wolf if you're bit loose with the definitions. Also, I'm new here so I cannot speak of much, but it's been a vastly better experience in many ways than Ireland (still missing Ireland, German food sucks, it's too heavy).