In the rural areas near where I am, gigabit fiber in underfunded areas is being installed, but sadly a vocal minority of residents keep burning up and sawing down the new fiber internet poles.
Of course we don’t hear about the good news from areas where it’s installed drama free, but the bad news where something goes terribly wrong is the one that sticks, and affects the general public’s impressions of a particular area or stereotype 😒
Admittedly the pole installation method for this is quite odd though, maybe a cost saving measure as usually it’s done underground
Patches@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Yep. You’ll see it here on Lemmy all the time. I’ve been told I should sell my truck and bike to work 15miles down a road that has no sidewalk, no shoulder, and a speed limit of 60mph.
Fuck FuckCars
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I mean, fuckcars aren’t representative of the average liberal by any means, so I don’t think that’s entirely fair.
lemann@lemmy.one 1 year ago
This only really happens when fuckcars posts show up on /all IMO, where some of the more extreme opinion holders are more vocal.
Fuck cars means fuck car dependency, i.e. places designed specifically for cars: no sidewalks, no bus, no train, no safe bicycle or light motorized assistive vehicle infrastructure available - you need a car for everything, or stay trapped at home.
It doesn’t mean fuck cars literally.
It’s pretty well known that rural areas, by design, require cars and motorbikes to travel out of them - a train is ideal, but good luck convincing anyone to finance that kind of project. A bicycle could work well for moving around town though depending on how safe it is, saving some wear and tear from your vehicle
asret@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
About 87% of the population in my country live in an urban environment, many of them will just have no idea how it is even just a few miles out of a city. There’s just no alternative to personal transportation, and bikes don’t cut it.
I’m still pretty much on board with the fuck cars crowd though - it’s bizarre to me that despite so many people living in our cities that our transit seems even worse than what the US has. It’s just so much nicer being in places with fewer cars around.
anlumo@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You have no God-given obligation to live in bumfuck nowhere. Don’t be surprised if you’re inconvenienced by your choice of location.
Patches@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
The people that live in buttfuck Egypt are the ones who make city life possible.
You think they make Kale within the city limits?