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[–] 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I think it's because the bar is so low, just the ability to choose to walk for everyday commuting, errands, and leisure qualifies as car free. Ie, you can choose to be car free if you want.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Oh. So you mean the places where you have to be rich to live at a nice place, while everyone else has to live in a tiny apartment in a huge building that's been borderline uninhabitable since the 1970's?

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    Yes and that's the problem. Walkable areas are currently mostly only affordable for the rich (mainly in the US that is, other countries seem to have no problem designing both rich and poor areas to be walkable). If we built more places to be walkable, less affluent areas might be able to enjoy the benefits as well.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yeah I don't understand that at all. I thought car free meant a place, usually a part of town, where cars are not allowed. Those places exist. So to call places nothing like that "car free" seems pretty useless imo

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    In general usage it means 'the ability to get by with the usual needs of life without needing a car'.

    At least as far as I understand it.

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  • [–] -3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I suspect you're referring to the use of the term when applied to a person. It makes much more sense to me to say "I'm car free" even if I own a car if I don't drive it regularly. I mean, still not accurate, but makes more sense.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    I'm referring to how folks use it on social media. 'car free city' very very rarely would mean banning cars from a city.

    I'm not saying it is the correct term. At all.

    'walkable cities' makes more sense to me.

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