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[–] [email protected] 106 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I'd love to see a video that takes this concept, but walks around with it. Literally

Start by getting out of a car on the side of the street or in a parking lot, and when the camera gets out of the car, all the "car areas" drop away, leaving only the paths you're "allowed" to take. Tiny sections right against the parking spaces, zebra crossings, sidewalks, all normal (or in this style).

Camera goes about a normal day, and as they're looking around, all the car designated areas are just voids.

Bonus points if areas you're technically not supposed to walk are boxed off in like a video game style DO NOT ENTER wall. For instance, there are sections of my city with NO sidewalks, up against private residences. So your options are walk over people's yards or in the street. In this scenario, it's a void against a wall. Good luck.

I'm just thinking about walking to get to downtown, and there's no way I could do it without being somewhere I'm "not allowed". And imagining the massive voids everywhere is a bit depressing. Not that roads and parking lot deserts are any less depressing... I need to go walk in the woods for a bit...

[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm just thinking about walking to get to downtown, and there's no way I could do it without being somewhere I'm "not allowed".

If I want to cross the 4-lane road just outside my apartment, there is simply no legal way to do it. There is an intersection but no crosswalks and no way to request to cross. I shouldn't have to have a vehicle just to get from one side of the road to the other.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In most states you can cross at any intersection without crosswalks.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And sudden cracks and voids appear, when cars park on sidewalks or a car crashes into pedestrian areas.

[–] the_real_monte 11 points 1 year ago

Sounds like something that Corridor Crew/Wren would make

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 year ago (5 children)

This has circled around the internet for years now. I remember the last time I saw it people were losing their minds over how “reductive” it was. Blew me away

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Does that mean I gain the flying ability when I jaywalk

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Yes, try your ability over a cliff to ensure

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

Not to mention the growing sinkholes everywhere.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's missing parking lots :(

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hey, I know that place. That's exactly what the old downtown area of my native city looked like while they were renovating all the streets (which took well over a year).

Also looks like Venice, just fill the hole with water.l and tourist will be pouring in.

Note: to be fair, after finishing the work in my city, those streets were all closed off to cars except for people who live there (not many) and deliveries for the local businesses.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

The walkways are a fair bit wider in Venice.

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