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fun_guy02142 t1_itsseag wrote

Reply to comment by Ok_Durian8772 in Cambridge completely eliminated parking minimums yesterday!! by RealBurhanAzeem

I don’t know who you think you are talking to, but I’ve lived in Cambridge for almost 30 years. All rent control did was allow people to live in squalor because landlords had no incentive to make their apartments habitable.

Study after study has shown that rent control doesn’t work as a policy that keeps housing affordable.

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Ok_Durian8772 t1_itsr6xd wrote

Reply to comment by fun_guy02142 in Cambridge completely eliminated parking minimums yesterday!! by RealBurhanAzeem

Rent control DOES work, you just can't let landowners and City Councilors ruin it. I'm from Cambridge, you just got there... Rent control made sure that Cambridge was a diverse city to live in, now it's just rich twits that think they know what Cambridge is. Rent control worked it kept the schools full of brown children, now you got none. Rent control did a great job making sure that the people were living in cambridge, now you have swimming pools that aren't for everybody.. You know nothing Jon Snow

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bufallll t1_itsq3bm wrote

Reply to comment by Ok_Purpose_1606 in The NIMBYs are reviving the traffic board to hold up bike lanes by IntelligentCicada363

ugh okay i’m sorry to hear that and sorry for the harsh language, i have seen a lot of abled people make that argument when it doesn’t include them and i assumed that was you too. i hope you get better. however i stand by the core of what i said, getting more people out of cars and onto bikes and public transit should free up the streets for people who need to drive and our community should rely on cars as little as possible. i moved here largely for the access to public transit and walkability and i want to see that character maintained and strengthened, and i also bike. this area is not safe for cyclists and the facts are that we do need more bike infrastructure.

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Ok_Purpose_1606 t1_itsmo8k wrote

Reply to comment by bufallll in The NIMBYs are reviving the traffic board to hold up bike lanes by IntelligentCicada363

I'm personally disgusted with your response. I am temporarily disabled, probably wouldn't be able to use a bike (due to pulmonary restriction because of cancer) for a year. And probably shouldn't use public transportation for a few months because of a weakened immune system because of chemo. The place where I was diagnosed was Mt. Auburn Hospital which is in the area in question. You should really try to consider that anyone you encounter could actually have a disability they don't exactly wear a sign saying they are.

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bufallll t1_itslesy wrote

Reply to comment by Ok_Purpose_1606 in The NIMBYs are reviving the traffic board to hold up bike lanes by IntelligentCicada363

this is an incredibly tired argument. the idea is to make it easier for people to use bikes and transit (the overwhelming majority of people are able bodied), which in turn frees up roads for the people who really need to be on them. also your statement of ages is pretty laughable considering 55% of people in cambridge are between the ages of 20 and 44 (nationally that age group is 36%) so yes, we actually do have a very young population. also, if someone needs to drive so much, could they possibly move… literally anywhere else in the damn country? why should the rest of us who actually want to live in a functional walkable city have to suffer for some people who are shackled to their cars?

also let’s be real, you’re more than likely using disabled people as an excuse for your own selfish habits. people who harp about needing parking/lanes for disabled people always seem to forget that there are also a ton of disabled people who cannot/don’t drive. what about them? oh, they aren’t convenient for your argument?

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Ok_Purpose_1606 t1_itsc2p0 wrote

Reply to The NIMBYs are reviving the traffic board to hold up bike lanes by IntelligentCicada363

So I think people who say the solution to a failed road system is more bikes overlooks the fact that not everyone is a healthy 20 something to 30 something year old person who has the pulmonary capacity to bike everywhere. Same with public transportation and people with weakened immune systems. Like a good percentage of Cambridge's older population need transportation by car and by extension parking. The people in that area don't need less parking and more bike infrastructure.

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