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minus-squarethejoker954@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·3 days agoThey arent wasteful or useless, but they do tend to suck due to the sheer numbers of people who use them.
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46·3 days agoI believe, the solution to that is more parks.
minus-squareGalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·3 days agoSupplementary solution: abolish billboards and oversized/tall signposts.
minus-squareflames5123@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 days agoHawaii did this, and it looks amazing. Other states have banned billboards too.
minus-squareOtter@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 days agoThis actually does seem to work. Vancouver has a LOT of parks, and I don’t find them crowded or underutilized. It’s a nice balance where there are people to talk to but you can find your own quiet spot too https://vancouver.ca/parks-recreation-culture/parks-gardens-and-beaches.aspx Apparently we have 250 parks, making up 11% of Vancouver’s land mass
minus-squarerabber@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoYeah look at my city on a map, Victoria BC. Like half the city is green space and I can easily find solitude.
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 days agoPlus they’re not wild at all. It’s still a lot of pavement-touching. Especially when there’s signs telling you not to walk on the grass.
minus-squareShezzagrad@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·3 days agoAmerica really sucks. Go look at my home city of Edinburgh on a map, that’s how you do a city
minus-squareKSP Atlas@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-23 days agoPrinces Gardens going from a dump in the 1800s to a nice park is quite a transformation
minus-squareShezzagrad@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoIt’s a really beautiful park with an incredible background of old town royal mile and it isn’t even crack top 3 best parks in Edinburgh
They arent wasteful or useless, but they do tend to suck due to the sheer numbers of people who use them.
I believe, the solution to that is more parks.
Supplementary solution: abolish billboards and oversized/tall signposts.
Hawaii did this, and it looks amazing. Other states have banned billboards too.
This actually does seem to work. Vancouver has a LOT of parks, and I don’t find them crowded or underutilized. It’s a nice balance where there are people to talk to but you can find your own quiet spot too
https://vancouver.ca/parks-recreation-culture/parks-gardens-and-beaches.aspx
Apparently we have 250 parks, making up 11% of Vancouver’s land mass
Yeah look at my city on a map, Victoria BC. Like half the city is green space and I can easily find solitude.
Plus they’re not wild at all. It’s still a lot of pavement-touching. Especially when there’s signs telling you not to walk on the grass.
America really sucks. Go look at my home city of Edinburgh on a map, that’s how you do a city
Princes Gardens going from a dump in the 1800s to a nice park is quite a transformation
It’s a really beautiful park with an incredible background of old town royal mile and it isn’t even crack top 3 best parks in Edinburgh