The Suburbs Are Bleeding America Dry | Climate Town (feat. Not Just Bikes)

And if THAT wasn't enough, check out the Not Just Bikes side of the video right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO6txCZpbsQ

Walkable neighbourhoods cut DUIs too. Walking home tipsy is one of life's great pleasures. You feel like you're gliding.

As a Dutch person I would like to stress that, while we do let Jason live here, we do not in any way or form condone the concept of a bag of milk. This is 100% Canadian madness.

As a European, this video honestly blew my mind. I had no idea that THAT'S why single-family homes are so incredibly common in America. No offense, but living in the suburbs and not being able to just walk to the nearest store or...anything, honestly, seems like a nightmare.

i moved to the japanese countryside 2 years ago, and one thing that's shocked me is how i still live in a walkable community while being in a super rural location. my town has about 2000 people and is surrounded by rice fields, but i still have a grocery store, post office, bank, 2 bars, a train station, etc. within a 10 minute walk. i don't have a car OR a bike, i live in the middle of nowhere and can still walk everywhere, it's awesome

As a former architect, every zoning meeting we went to dropped our IQ by 3 points.

As an Irishman, not having a pub within walkable distance would be a problem (it is in rural Ireland) because drink-driving is a major social and lawful no-no here.

I lived in New Zealand for a few years, and one of the things I miss the most was not needing to drive. I had a car, but I hardly used it. I saved money, lost weight, could go to the bar if I wanted, and actually enjoyed driving again because I was using the car to go on trips. I would explore the city just by walking, and I saw so much that I would have otherwise missed.

It sounds like we could solve the affordable housing crisis while simultaneously slowing the environmental crisis just by abandoning our antiquated zoning laws. BROTHER!

I wish they would increase the soundproofing requirements in apartment buildings , to make living in them less awful.

I love everything about this video, but what I love most is the "magic of editing" mismatched cut. That is just perfection

I’m a structural engineer, and I have designed a lot of buildings that contribute to sprawl. I don’t have any say in the form of a building itself (that is up to the architect), but I make sure buildings won’t fall down in the presence of wind, earthquakes, heavy snow, etc. In many ways, I feel like part of the problem in America‘s urban development. Your video gives me hope that America‘s urban development problem can be fixed by passionate, courageous people in the next generation. Thanks for putting the effort into research to educate viewers. I will look into attending a zoning meeting in my area of the midwest, US. Perhaps in this way I can make a difference.

Modern suburbs are the worst of both worlds. Not enough space to do something useful with your property, like a food forest. Yet everyone is still effectively piled on top of each other. Except for the grocer, walkable amenities such as shopping or entertainment are all just novelties that get old after a while. It's for those reasons that I choose neither and live in a rural area. That makes even more sense now since I can work from home many days.

Fun fact malls we're originally intended to be mixed use walkable zones. So using an out of business mall for this is very effective and appropriate

I surprised a bunch of people by how Germany has such small fridges, because it’s so convenient to go to the supermarket. When I told them I had two within a 5-minute walk and 3 in a 10-minute walk, they were like :O WHAT?!

I hate having to drive everywhere

The thing that I noticed is that American single houses are much bigger than in Germany. German homes have an average size of 1470 ft²/137m² whereas in the US it is 2164ft²/ 201m²

Growing up in the suburbs is like living on an island where you need a boat to go anywhere if you cant drive.

As someone from the Netherlands i could not believe there are places where you cannot just walk to a grocery store nearby and worse be completely dependant on a single mode of transport. That's insane. What if your car breaks down? You must beg to others or call a sevice on the spot wasting money and loads of time?

So nice to see you young people well educated and conscious about these ridiculous issues and talking about it. You are the generation that could stop this non-sense.