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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]The schools have been overcapacity for years the roads are impossible to travel on now in the city. City officials have seriously lost their minds. When city council was asked about class sizes and overcapacity issues years ago and asked what their plans are with all the 10 newish affordable housing buildings the literally sat there and blinked. You can't make this incompetence up.

Impossible, you say? So everyone is just sitting at home? Or, if you mean impossible to travel on by car, how come there are so many cars on the roads?[/quote]

My son has a weekly physical therapy appointment 1.3 miles from our home in Alexandria.  Due to traffic congestion, it takes 25 minutes to get there in the evening by car.  It would take the same by bus.  [/quote]

In that case, if it were me, I would take the bus. Less stress, fewer miles on the car.

It's unfortunate how much car traffic slows down buses, though. We need more dedicated bus lanes.[/quote]

FORCING people to take the bus is not a great plan for most. [/quote]

Democrat politicians don’t care. 
The “15 minute city” is their top priority.[/quote]

How terrible it would be to be able to have all of your daily things (grocery store, drug store, coffee shop, library, restaurant for take-out when you don't want to cook, etc.) within a 15-minute walk!

Yes, I'm being sarcastic. Don't worry, nobody will stop you from spend many hours in the car running errands, if that's what you want. I can't understand why you would want that, but that's ok, different people have different preferences.[/quote]

But that's not possible. I live in an apartment on the east side of the city but the doctor's offices, swim lessons, etc are all a 15 minute drive away. The only things I can walk to within 20 minutes are the FoodStar (which doesn't even have basic necessities like peanut butter without additives), the library, and the public elementary. Once we had to take the bus to the pediatrician when our car was in the shop and instead of a 15 minute drive, it took us an hour. There aren't any pediatricians within a 15 minute walk. There's also not a church from my denomination within the city limits. Plus I have two small children and a permanent knee injury from sports. I can't carry heavy grocery bags and push a stroller uphill to my building. Anti-car policies just make my life harder and more inconvenient. [/quote]

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