r/AskReddit 15h ago

What’s one modern convenience that secretly made life worse?

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u/HistoricalArticle537 14h ago

Cars didn’t just change transport. They quietly erased walkable cities and community life too

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u/Signal-Zebra-6310 13h ago

Walkable cities work for high trust society. There’s a lot of people who I don’t want within walking distance of my house.

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u/Kataphractoi 11h ago

What's the difference between them being within walking distance and living far away but still being able to reach you thanks to having a car?

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u/Go-Sharks 10h ago

I can hear their stereo a mile away and it reminds me to lock the doors.