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Forum: Living Car Free
10-23-16, 06:46 AM
Replies: 135
Views: 11,077
Posted By Machka

Really!?! I am somewhat familiar with...

Really!?!

I am somewhat familiar with Duncan. :) The town of totems! Also the town where I had one of my worst cycling accidents!! :eek: ... no reflection on the town, however, the people who...
Forum: Living Car Free
10-23-16, 03:06 AM
Replies: 135
Views: 11,077
Posted By Machka

Just for fun, I'll bump this. I wonder if...

Just for fun, I'll bump this.

I wonder if we'll be able to stay on topic ... talking about our ideal cities or towns. :)

My comments here about my ideal living situation still stands ......
Forum: Living Car Free
04-25-09, 08:12 PM
Replies: 135
Views: 11,077
Posted By Machka

We do that already ... they're called "murals"...

We do that already ... they're called "murals" and almost every city, town, and village is full of them. Sometimes they are just there for their beauty, other times they are there to depict...
Forum: Living Car Free
04-24-09, 11:27 AM
Replies: 135
Views: 11,077
Posted By Machka

I care ... and it does affect other people.

I care ... and it does affect other people.
Forum: Living Car Free
04-22-09, 02:37 PM
Replies: 135
Views: 11,077
Posted By Machka

I just found it an odd sort of city. One side of...

I just found it an odd sort of city. One side of the city is all business and government and the people weren't friendly at all. It was also confusing and difficult to get around ... that's the...
Forum: Living Car Free
04-22-09, 11:19 AM
Replies: 135
Views: 11,077
Posted By Machka

Strasbourg? Have you been there? I have mixed...

Strasbourg? Have you been there? I have mixed feelings about Strasbourg ... didn't like the place at all when I first arrived, but it did kind of grow on me after a while. I'd like to visit it...
Forum: Living Car Free
04-14-09, 04:06 PM
Replies: 135
Views: 11,077
Posted By Machka

I agree that we need cities, and I'm all for...

I agree that we need cities, and I'm all for having heaps of people live in cities ... just not me and the other small town/country folk. :) We also need to have people living in the country. And...
Forum: Living Car Free
04-13-09, 03:40 PM
Replies: 135
Views: 11,077
Posted By Machka

A few comments ... 1) Some rural people are...

A few comments ...

1) Some rural people are car-ownership-free. I'm married to one. It can be done. You don't have to live in the middle of a city in order to be car-ownership-free ......
Forum: Living Car Free
04-11-09, 12:37 PM
Replies: 135
Views: 11,077
Posted By Machka

I gave you 5 aspects of an idea city above. :) ...

I gave you 5 aspects of an idea city above. :)


Oh, and in case anyone thinks those two photos in Post #62 are not of a city ... they are. That particular city has a population of about 50,000...
Forum: Living Car Free
04-09-09, 08:07 PM
Replies: 135
Views: 11,077
Posted By Machka

Continuing on in my response to Roody's question...

Continuing on in my response to Roody's question ...






3. My ideal city would be located on a large body of water, like an ocean or lake, with mountains behind. There would be relatively...
Forum: Living Car Free
04-09-09, 06:47 PM
Replies: 135
Views: 11,077
Posted By Machka

If you're referring to me ..... personally, I...

If you're referring to me ..... personally, I WANT people to live in the city. Please!! Stay out of the country. Don't even go out to the country for vacations ...... especially don't go to the...
Forum: Living Car Free
04-09-09, 06:40 PM
Replies: 135
Views: 11,077
Posted By Machka

2. The parks in my ideal city would not allow...

2. The parks in my ideal city would not allow motorized vehicles in them (aside from park personnel). Drivers would drive to the park, then park in small parking lots placed along the edges of the...
Forum: Living Car Free
04-09-09, 04:43 PM
Replies: 135
Views: 11,077
Posted By Machka

1. Vast quantities of parks scattered throughout...

1. Vast quantities of parks scattered throughout the city, tree-lined streets, flowers everywhere, nature displays in front of office buildings (I'm thinking like a pile of natural looking rocks with...
Forum: Living Car Free
04-09-09, 04:38 PM
Replies: 135
Views: 11,077
Posted By Machka

Yes, yours was an uncalled for personal attack.

Yes, yours was an uncalled for personal attack.
Forum: Living Car Free
04-08-09, 07:21 PM
Replies: 135
Views: 11,077
Posted By Machka

That's all the people here (my coworkers, my...

That's all the people here (my coworkers, my fellow students) seem to do ... drinking in bars, at home, wherever. The big exciting thing seems to be going out and getting smashed on the weekends.
...
Forum: Living Car Free
04-08-09, 07:44 AM
Replies: 135
Views: 11,077
Posted By Machka

You haven't been out in the country much have you?

You haven't been out in the country much have you?
Forum: Living Car Free
04-08-09, 12:46 AM
Replies: 135
Views: 11,077
Posted By Machka

First of all, I'm thinking of small towns ......

First of all, I'm thinking of small towns ... like 5000 to 10,000 people. Not as big as 50K-60K. I spent a lot of time growing up in a town that was 1000 people. That wasn't bad, but maybe a...
Forum: Living Car Free
04-07-09, 11:31 PM
Replies: 135
Views: 11,077
Posted By Machka

30 to 50K wouldn't be bad ... but I'm thinking...

30 to 50K wouldn't be bad ... but I'm thinking even smaller than that .... like maybe 5000 or 10,000 or somewhere around there.

And I'd like to live in a little house on the outskirts of town, or...
Forum: Living Car Free
04-07-09, 10:17 PM
Replies: 135
Views: 11,077
Posted By Machka

My ideal city? Hmmmm ... let's see .... in...

My ideal city? Hmmmm ... let's see .... in random order ...


-- Small ... probably not a city at all, but rather a town.

-- Located nearish a bigger city, with at least one mass...
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