• Moneo@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Honestly, as a Canadian I don’t think north america has any world class cities.

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        5 months ago

        I’m surprised it’s universally downvoted as mindless shitting on America is a pretty sure bet for upvotes on Lemmy.

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          5 months ago

          It’s weird that having a differing opinion of what makes a city world class means I’m “mindlessly shitting on america”.

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            5 months ago

            I can’t think a single reasonable metric that wouldn’t net at least a couple of us cities among the top 20. In fact the only metric that I can come up with is “not in America because of my irrational hate for it .”

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              5 months ago

              Public transportation, walkability, cycling infrastructure, and public spaces. Why are you so convinced I’m foaming at the mouth hating on america. I’m just a dude who thinks our cities suck.

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        5 months ago

        It’s just my opinion. A world class city imo should have excellent public transportation, cycling infrastructure, parks and public gathering spaces, and traffic calmed commercial districs. Basically a world class city should have a lot of things worth visiting and infrastructure that lets you visit those places easily and comfortably without relying on a car.

        No north american city meets those standards in the way that some european cities do.

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          5 months ago

          …so do you not believe there are any world-class cities, period? I can find exceptions for every single city in the list of requirements you laid out.

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          5 months ago

          You’ve never even HEARD of the NYC subway?

          Dude, just stop having opinions, you’re clearly not informed enough.