The USA Will Never Build Walkable Cities

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#suburbia #notjustbikes #climatetown
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Voice overs in order of appearance:
@victorythecreator
@MessieLaundry
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This was the most ambitious project I've ever embarked on and I hope you like it. My biggest take away from this was that we need to rethink housing and this doesn't just start in legislation. Did you know the Supreme Court made segregation illegal in 1917? Heck it's still around today. While people can definitely argue this ultimately boils down to a class issue I'd say it'd be short sighted not to consider other facts such as race, gender, etc.
Check out my sources here (too long for the description box): docs.google.com/document/d/1O...
Books I'd definitely recommend
Color of law - Richard Rothstein: details the extent of American segregation
WALKABLE CITY: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time - Jeff Speck: City planner explains walkability and details a practical way on how we actually get there. (don't agree with everything in the book, but still a great place to start when thinking about how to get to realistically peak walkability.)
Lifeblood: Oil, Freedom, and the Forces of Capital - Matthew T. Huber: A great educational read that discusses how America's thirst for oil has rooted itself into America's identity and so much more.
How to Kill a City: Gentrification, Inequality, and the Fight for the Neighborhood - PE Moskowitz: This has a lot of love put into it. Moskowitz travels to cities like New Orleans, San Francisco, Detroit and New York and contextualizes the displacement taking place as a result of gentrification. They interview those feeling the pressure of displacement and those, (some ignorantly), benefiting from the displacement of others. A really great book.
Also things to do other than read is to start engaging in community. Go volunteer somewhere local, go to city council meeting, actually vote for local officials who support affordable housing.
Chapters:
0:00 -We back
2:37 - Let the show begin
6:46 The American Way of Life
11:13 Energy dependency
16:30 -Homeownership as a political tool
19:17 -If New Deal Then Everything
25:59 -Roads, cars, displacement
36:54 New York, New York
39:18 Walkability
44:36 Gentrification
1:10:02 Brooklyn after covid
1:21:40 Cultual appropriation
1:25:20 Infrastructural violence
1:27:27 -Reagan cutting funding
1:28:21-conclusion
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@eddyb1596 Жыл бұрын

As a paraplegic, in a wheelchair, with a car and a drivers license, I'd so much rather use public transit (if it existed) than my own car. It'd be so much better to just roll a

@LexYeen Жыл бұрын

I've got severe scoliosis, can't afford a car by any stretch of the imagination, and I too would love to have public transit that's more accessible and comes more regularly than _once an hour._ Freedom isn't scheduling my entire life around a bus system that only _technically_ works.

@FrankLaundry Жыл бұрын

I noticed this in New York- lots of public transportation but it was so inaccessible. Thank you for sharing this because it is so important we all realize just how ableist our city designs really are. I am planning on learning and producing more content around accessible public transportation because it is so important that it’s accessible to everybody.

@diegorivera9197 Жыл бұрын

Such a struggle that so many people don't realize.

@scotthullinger4684 Жыл бұрын

Don't take this the wrong way ... but I feel sorry for you. Especially since you live in a place which does very little for the disabled. Let me guess: It is maybe a city which is ruled and reigned by hypocrite Democrats? You know, the ones who preach to us about all the glories of making cities more acceptable for wheelchair bound people ... but in reality do nothing whatsoever to accomplish their supposed political goals in that regard? Is that a YES or a NO?

@scotthullinger4684 Жыл бұрын

@UCMjYa3CUqnD7ngvkLDDyMOg - The older generation much appreciates a conservative over a Democrat. I'm hardly an old fogy, but I have a hunch that I'm quite a bit older than many responders here on these panels. As for "propaganda" - it truly exists only on the Left. Propaganda is how the Left has become brain washed in total nonsense. There's not a single justifiable sensible thing currently on the Leftist agenda. The goal of the Left is basically just to destroy the status quo, and to destroy our evidence of history (to be replaced by new versions of re-written history), and to destroy capitalism in favor of Socialism, Marxism, and even Communism. Hard to believe there's actually a Communist party in the USA. Any chance you might want a mass transit system such as is being planned and designed in California? They want to construct a super speed rail system from Los Angeles to San Francisco which would cost Billion$ - but would serve only a tiny portion of the population. THIS is how Democrats spend money ... and is why idiot Biden has MORE spending planned than even Obama ... And Obama spent more federal money than all previous presidents COMBINED! Democrats always spend countless billions of dollars, and they get next to nothing for the money spent. Democrats think it's more important to spend money saving endangered species than it is to repair the nation's infrastructure. Their priorities are constantly fucked up and back assward in the extreme. Try to convince me I'm wrong.

@user-up1op3kz9q Жыл бұрын

Being in the suburbs without access to a car is fucking hell, I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy. I’ve never felt more isolated in my entire life.

@timburr4453 7 ай бұрын

So get a car. who the f doesnt have a car seriously. it's 2023

@jinolin9062 6 ай бұрын

@@timburr4453i dunno, children and poor people?

@HotepSaoirse 6 ай бұрын

You must be miserable. Can I refer you to a therapist?

@timburr4453 6 ай бұрын

@@jinolin9062 Good neither should be driving.

@jinolin9062 6 ай бұрын

@@timburr4453 fuck trolls these days are acyually getting too good.

@Droid_Builders Жыл бұрын

Monopoly is based on the "The Landlord's Game" developed by Elizabeth Magie. The game had 2 sets of rules to show the evils of landlords grabbing all the wealth. Unfortunately for her, the game was stolen and rebranded as Monopoly perverting the original intent of the game

@lyrablack8621 Жыл бұрын

And this is why we need to know our histories. And they won't be taught to us - we need to actively seek them out

@siginotmylastname3969 Жыл бұрын

I thought it was still a critique and had forgotten that 😭 simply because : it still shows capitalism falling apart.

@WellCookedPotatoes Жыл бұрын

I thought it was made to point out the dangers of letting large corporations get a monopoly on areas of the market.

@muscularclassrepresentativ5663 Жыл бұрын

I mean it still conveys the point that capitalism consolidates wealth into fewer people by allowing them to fuck over everyone else. People mainly just have no class consciousness and are completely ignorant, otherwise the current iteration of monopoly would still be enough.

@not-askaven2990 Жыл бұрын

@@siginotmylastname3969 Someone playing the game well and still going bankrupt because you got unlucky and/or outplayed surely isn't a glowing review of capitalism

@Crispy-Chips Жыл бұрын

People in LA: Our traffic is horrible here Also people in LA: Let's build more roads!

@labased2539 4 ай бұрын

Yep. More trains too.

@ChocoliciousCake 4 ай бұрын

For every train route built, there's 3 new lanes on the road, none for BRT. Seattle and Oakland are doing a better job than LA@@labased2539

@ForeignManinaForeignLand Жыл бұрын

Frank Ocean? Nah. Frank Laundry 🐐

@FrankLaundry Жыл бұрын

This comparison gonna make my ego go crazy 😂😂😂 appreciate you fam frrrr

@ironicusername5503 Жыл бұрын

Frank ocean

@obokengm788 Жыл бұрын

Lol actually

@mccartneyspencer6347 Жыл бұрын

Don't make me choose between my Franks

@joeypurp8179 Жыл бұрын

@@FrankLaundry we're gonna need a blond poster shot of you now

@lolameo Жыл бұрын

I wish I could force my American-capitalist-loving family to watch this. They don't understand the deep sadness running through my heart towards the present and future of this country I was unwillingly thrust into. My family truly believes that "public education" brainwashed me into being some "stupid leftist" when it was my experiences growing into young adulthood that molded me this way. When I want to explain myself, I get insulted into a quiet, angry submission. If I could just make them watch this, maybe they'd understand just a bit of where I was coming from. I don't often leave comments, but I wanted to thank you for this video.

@St_Fish Жыл бұрын

Hang in there dude. We can't win over everyone, but remember that capitalism is an unstable system that can only provide material well-being to a minority of the population. In moments of crisis, consciousness can change rapidly. (or at least that's what I hope is true)

@lilithgrrrl Жыл бұрын

You are not your parents, and while their approval is nice, its not a necessity. As an adult with my own career who lives independently from my parents, I’m so much happier and can distance myself from them and support causes that I’m passionate about. Hang in there!

@alexbdagger Жыл бұрын

why don't you tell your parents they're the idiots for thinking that a capitalist education system would push someone left, but then again conservative brain rot is a curse that plagues a lot of America. here's to hoping that the inevitable crash of our economy will wake them up to fact that the shit stain of a country that they love so much is on it's death bed

@davidcrawford9026 Жыл бұрын

"I wish I could force my American-capitalist-loving family to watch this." drug the thanksgiving dinner, tie them all up on the living room furniture and make your dreams come true. edit: oh wait he was banned from thanks giving, well fuck

@settledsea Жыл бұрын

My exact problem with my family. It’s so frustrating and I’m tired of my opinion being stepped on just because they view me as a “crazy leftist that believes everything they read on the internet”

@aricamccarthy1421 Жыл бұрын

As a land use/urban planner, I’m so happy to see more people talking about these topics! SPREAD THE WORD!

@annonone93 Жыл бұрын

Have you heard of the channel Not just Bikes? He breaks into somewhat more science-y side of city planning (lack of). I love this video so much Not Just Bikes is good for short YT videos tho where he doesnt really break off into much depth. Different stroke for different folk is how I see a 10min vs 60min+ video.

@big120treez Жыл бұрын

@@annonone93 *Not Just Bikes* is great, as well as *City Beautiful*

@abelsietecuatro9249 8 ай бұрын

Both sides are wrong. Suburban (car cities) and 15 minutes cities (small towns again) are a nightmare

@kruzedarling9347 8 ай бұрын

Over the last few months Iv become really passionate about urban design but I’m not sure what a career in this field looks like. What degree did u get in uni? Where would u recommend looking for jobs post school? Do u enjoy being in urban planning is it a good career? Any advice would be awesome! Thank you!

@StitchPritch 2 ай бұрын

@@kruzedarling9347 5 months late, but I just came across this. There are several ways but im getting an public affairs masters degree and concentrating in community and economic development. With it im gonna be able to go into urban planning consulting and they sometimes like public affairs people more bc we have a policy background rather than strictly design. U also can maybe get certified in arcgis or autocad those are both the most important software programs for this. Planning jobs are in the public and private sector, so you can go to city websites or look at civil engineering consulting firms. You can also advocate for planning reforms with different orgs bc a lot of times in both these jobs u’ll be fairly restricted in how much you can publicly participate which is annoying. Hope that helps!

@gelinrefira Жыл бұрын

I living in Singapore, and basically they did everything opposite of suburbia. They force races together, force upper middle, middle and lower class people together. They took public housing out of the open market and only allow first time buyers, couples and older singles to have the first dibs at very competitive prices to these public housing. They forbid companies and people who already own properties to buy public housing, and they only allow new public housing to sell on open market after they have been built and bought by home owners for at least 5 years. No redlining allowed, and neighborhoods are built to be self contained, with numerous local businesses to cater to everyday needs within walking distance. Oh, and they have robust public transportation so you never even need to own a car if you really don't need one. Yup, everything opposite of what America did to housing, and they did far better than America.

@PauLtus_B 10 ай бұрын

While I agree I'd still say Singapore ends up suffering greatly from capitalism.

@daniaaal 6 ай бұрын

Actually, there are still lots of places in Singapore that are considered as suburbs. Areas with landed properties are still experiencing traffic congestion precisely because inhabitants staying there all drive. Bukit Timah and the suburbs next to the CBD are prime examples. If there is one country that cannot simply let cars overwhelm the society, it’s Singapore. Roads take up too much space and land is too precious here.

@gelinrefira 6 ай бұрын

@@daniaaal You're right. I'm just glad that it is only limited to those places. But even those places are well-served by public transport. It's just those people drive too much.

@lubu2960 3 ай бұрын

Singapore has one of the highest standards of living in the world. @@PauLtus_B

@saulgoodmancummies 3 ай бұрын

as a singaporean, i still feel that there are too many cars here and that can more done to encourage other forms of commuting

@theorangeone420 Жыл бұрын

I'm a city planner and this video has my full endorsement (not that you need it). Everything is spot on and you explain it so well. I'm so glad you mentioned The Color of Law and Happy City because those are the BIBLES of understanding why our cities are the way that they are and how they can be better. Another excellent book is the Sprawl Repair Manual by Galina Tachieva which shows how these car-laden hellscapes can be fixed. Awesome video!!

@Graeberwave Жыл бұрын

you read Geography of Nowhere (1993)??

@mikafizz1022 Жыл бұрын

we need to fix this fast!!! any organizations to support? movement's? more books to check out???

@FrankLaundry Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 🙏🏾 this means sm to me.

@danielwoods8768 Жыл бұрын

Florida is as far south as the Sahara. It's impossible to walk outside in Texas or Arizona. Most of USSA is not Yourope and never will be, because nobody can walk when it's so hot.

@Graeberwave Жыл бұрын

@@danielwoods8768 as someone from Texas I can say: yes we can. You are delusional.

@TheDrLeviathan Жыл бұрын

Here's a personal anecdote about how suburban Americans view walking anywhere, and how demented it is. Honestly down right disturbing. And it's coming from someone who follows a few disciplines of motorsports. I used to work in a NY suburb that butted up against a manufacturing/industrial area, where I was working in a factory. There was a gas station that had decent sandwiches about a 1/2 mile from where I worked (NY/NJ have decent convenience stores for gas stations. Wawa is infamous for this). I middle distance run, so I didn't find it to be a big deal to walk to this gas station to grab a sandwich and coffee, and then walk back while eating it. People started thinking I was homeless, solely bc I was walking. Now, keep in mind, I had a goddamn smartphone and wireless earbuds and paid for everything with a card (I would have even paid with the phone, but that tech is *still* slow to be adopted). The suburb folks simply couldn't grasp the concept of walking anywhere. I made as much sense as a shoggoth to them. Mf'ers even offered to pay for what I was getting. At some point, I said screw it, and just let 'em do it. Screw 'em. Randos would pull over and offer to ride me, which was creepy as hell, bc they were all dudes, and I didn't know what they could do to me if they wanted. Like, they could just drive away with me, or expect something from me. None of them knew I was actually on the clock; they figured I had no job. They didn't even see the company logo on my button up workshirt. It was worse when it got cold; I'd still walk if the snow wasn't crazy, and then they for sure figured I was homeless. Despite wearing a flame proof Carhartt jacket, and $150 boots. I realized why one day: the only time these people saw homeless folks was on Salvation Army TV ads that aired around xmas. That's why they equated winter clothing with being homeless. It creeped me out, so I stopped walking on my lunch breaks.

@Tsuruchi_420 Жыл бұрын

Fucking terrifying, both for the actual serious problem of people not being able to compute that people who have a place to live can walk, but also cause I imagined the tech to pay stuff with your phone would be more common in a developed country

@lenaramoon4617 Жыл бұрын

America is surreal and absurd

@tracelynnsangster Жыл бұрын

My suburban family is horrified that I walk a mile to work three times a week for my part time job while I’m getting my degree, so I feel this totally. I have to go into the suburbs a little to get to my job, and I always feel self conscious someone is going to try to stop me or ask if I need help

@TheDrLeviathan Жыл бұрын

@@tracelynnsangster be wary of cops as well. They might start grilling you on where you're going, bc you're the odd one out. They've never stopped me walking, but they've done it to other people. Hell, if I eat a sandwich in my parked car they've come over and started asking what I was doing there. It's honestly ridiculous how out of place walking is.

@alainap4165 Жыл бұрын

My state DOT tweeted about an employee who is an "avid walker". That about sums up the state of things. D:

@jmirellis3814 Жыл бұрын

While I was staying at my friend's house in the suburbs during the summer, their neighbour called the cops on me simply because I was walking. I guess it was my fault (not a familiar face in the neigbourhood) but it was also my first time in the US so I had no idea my presence was "threatening" enough to get the cops called on me.

@chrisstarlitvagabond1496 Жыл бұрын

I'm sorry to hear that. America is full of nosy, scared, racist, and passive aggressive neighbors who would rather contact the authorities than talk. It's truly messed up. And it's NOT at all your fault.

@RobbLightfoot-OrSoItSeems Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of Ray Bradbury's "The Pedestrian"

@nerium.nerium Жыл бұрын

It's definitely not your fault. America is sick.

@dcrz 11 ай бұрын

Damn you look like a normal beautiful woman too. And they were still scared?

@MariamArt_ 4 ай бұрын

⁠@@nerium.neriumThe U.S is filled with nosy, paranoid, conspiracy theorists, narcissistic sociopaths, and delusional lunatics who support the Deep State and Qanon Cult. I am so sorry you had to go through this and deal with paranoid neighbors. This stranger danger phenomenon has exponentially increased since the 1990s.

@onepoorboy8954 Жыл бұрын

The lack of footpaths in America is just insane.

@denelson83 Жыл бұрын

Because capitalists want Americans driving and only driving.

@DanielGarcia-ti8fy Жыл бұрын

Its pretty stupid how some of the cities are designed, even just building simple bridges over highways for people to walk across to stores and funding more public transportation would make it more accessible to people

@hikawagetsbitches Жыл бұрын

a street near me not only shortened the street’s width, which is always filled with busy cars, into a width that is more suffocating and dangerous (we’ve already had a couple car accidents since), but the very little space pedestrians had to walk (which was barely any) is gone. all for the sake of building houses that no one in the place can afford.

@jerrell1169 11 ай бұрын

@@hikawagetsbitches Street diets are actually beneficial for traffic; widening roads and adding additional lanes cause induced demand, generally raises speeds and eventually leads to poor pedestrian conditions. Of course removing the sidewalks is not good, but shortening the width of roads is generally a good thing.

@jamesphillips2285 10 ай бұрын

@@jerrell1169 Only if you have alternate transportation modes available,. Street diets work because cars are the LEAST space efficient way to get around. Just about every other common transportation option is superior. And a 3.5m walking path has a surprising [amount] of throughput: beating bus lanes and cycle tracks. You are limited to how far you can walk in about... 30 minutes though. But it explains why cities shut down streets during major events.

@wendybirb1721 Жыл бұрын

An excellent video. One thing I will point out about your early fact about the decline of streetcar use before they ripped them out. The companies that bought them out purposely began running them poorly and with worse schedules to drive down streetcar use specifically to justify removing them. So, the conspiracy is still very alive in my heart. Shout out to KZbin recs for randomly tossing this video my way

@haighter5115 Жыл бұрын

Kinda like how Musk's promise of Hyperloop is used by opponents of HSR to argue against building modern day rail infrastructure: "Why would we waste money on trains when a better system of levitating pods is just around the corner?"

@manderly33 Жыл бұрын

Who Framed Roger Rabbit is sneakily all about this.

@firstname405 Жыл бұрын

@@haighter5115 judging by every promise musk has ever made, we shouldn't get our hopes up

@guy-sl3kr Жыл бұрын

Honestly don't think the word "conspiracy" should have the connotations that it does. Conspiracies happen all the time, like, who seriously believes that billionaires don't talk with each other? And given the long list of historical precedent, it's silly to assume they're _not_ colluding 24/7 tbh

@gars129 Жыл бұрын

This reminds me of how we literally can have every channel on Antenna TV yet all the good shows were shifted to cable, and now every cable channel is dedicated to one show and DVR is not useful cause all of the cool shows are on Netflix, and Blu Rays are increasingly out of print while video rental was often much more cost effective than streaming.

@AndrewSchlegel Жыл бұрын

Another thing worth noting is how jobs in these gentrified areas cater towards an older, wealthier section of the workforce to help make the area unlivable for those who can't commute. Requiring degrees and multiple years of experience in an industry for an entry level position ensures that recent graduates and family's without the means to support recent graduates are unable to afford the continued rising costs

@lovelydae7455 Жыл бұрын

Or to live in apartments they can’t afford in the suburbia

@doltBmB Жыл бұрын

Those job listings are nepotism. It's simply a "legal" way to say "this job is not available because we already know exactly the person we want".

@merbst Жыл бұрын

Credentialism creates barriers to inflate expenses in multiple directions, and also limits the bounds of free expression of viewpoints that those worthy of employment may hold.

@Demmrir Жыл бұрын

@@doltBmB Sometimes. Usually it's just hopeless optimism. I've gotten a job that required years of experience with zero experience. Didn't know anyone involved. Shotgun your CV at them, doesn't hurt you.

@guy-sl3kr Жыл бұрын

@@Demmrir Yeah the sheer lack of working class power in this country means that it's very common for companies to demand absurd (and sometimes impossible) qualifications for job listings. Because why hire someone that you need to train when, for the same price, you can instead hire someone who can do everything you want and more?

@SayisSaying Жыл бұрын

dude im not kidding this may very well be the greatest youtube video i have ever watched. The amount of effort you put in is just unimaginable. I'm a NYC native and a student at FIT in my senior year of interior design. Growing up in the South Bronx I've always questioned why the quality of life in my community and in communities of people that look like me where so low. For my Interior Design Senior Thesis I thought of taking an abandoned mall in a highly accessible area and transforming it not only into affordable housing but also into a facility that acts as a library of resources for professions that fall under the STEAM (Science, technology, engineering, arts, mathematics) umbrella. My idea was that if more people had access to the resources they need to flex their creative muscles AS WELL as a clean stable and affordable place to live, we as a greater society would gain a lot more members of the "Creative Class" as Richard Florida puts it. It would function not by replacing the low income residents in existing areas, but transforming them along side the physical environment they live in. It's super ambitious and out of the box, I'm still in the research stages. I stumbled upon this video completely by chance, I wasn't even looking for anything related to my Thesis, I just found the title and run time to be intriguing. Lord have mercy you did NOT disappoint Frank Laundry. Incredible video. Incredible sources. You should feel extremely proud of yourself because you made a fantastic well rounded piece of educational and socially relevant media. Seriously congratulations this is amazing stuff!!!

@denniss5505 Жыл бұрын

Good luck on your senior thesis, it’s a timely subject and well thought out, don’t be discouraged. It’s this sense of ‘community’ or ‘village’ that taps into our psyches giving us the sense of place, and wellbeing. Congratulations on your upcoming graduation. It’s good to know the future will be better when we embrace and invest in the creative classes.

@Cherryblossoms110 Жыл бұрын

I'm in tech, so just about everybody I'm around is pretty snobbish about the field they're in... so I've never heard of 'STEAM' before. But it sure does look and sound better than 'STEM'.

@TheBrazilRules Жыл бұрын

I hope you have success. Even though I am an evil conservative, I believe in equality of opportunity. What I hate in the left is their prominience in victimising, not their desire of more people having a better life.

@earthenscience Жыл бұрын

You should also consider installing some kind of security bunker in the thing. I no longer trust the nuts at Silicon Valley and if they pull a Skynet on us we need some way to launch a countermeasure.

@MK_ULTRA420 Жыл бұрын

LMAO arts are so desperate to join STEM. STEAM is just a university without sports and humanities.

@lac2275 Жыл бұрын

After travelling and living for a long time in Europe and Japan, I was so depressed when I moved to Miami and needed a car to go anywhere. That's why I love living now in New York where I haven't owned a car for 10yrs; I can walk and take the subway anywhere in Manhattan and the outer boroughs.

@NotJustBikes Жыл бұрын

Man, this was a tour de force. That was a lot of topics to put into one video. Maybe too many? But it was good. I really enjoyed this video. The only thing I'd say to this is that I'm a bit hesitant to ascribe bad urbanism to capitalism, at least, completely. There's definitely an element there, but the Netherlands is also capitalist - in fact, you could argue that it was the birthplace of capitalism - and they have good urbanism (for the most part: they also went pretty car crazy starting in the 60s). Commodification of the housing market is a huge problem, however. The only major economy that has avoided that is Japan. They're also capitalist, but there are some very different elements at play there. Somebody should make a video about that. 🤔 Anyway, this video was good to see, and I'm always happy when there are more voices in online urbanism. Keep it up! 👍

@N0Xa880iUL Жыл бұрын

That's like three video ideas right there.

@drivers99 Жыл бұрын

Have either of you (Jason or Frank) looked into Land Value Tax (and only LVT aka Georgism)? It has huge implications for land use.

@JoseppiAJ Жыл бұрын

@@drivers99 Strong Towns definitely has, via articles from Urban 3. Would be great to see it illustrated in a KZbin video though. That alone is such a huge problem that no one is talking about, as far as I’ve seen at least. DEFINITELY needs much more attention.

@Tsuruchi_420 Жыл бұрын

About blaming capitalism for the bad urbanism, every country does have a different set of capitalists who will benefit from different things, just like there are capitalist countries that are more or less militaristic, have larger or smaller welfare systems, etc, the Netherlands might have particularities that allowed it to adopt these better urbanist practices without taking away from the owner class

@miagant56 Жыл бұрын

I mean, the video gives you the answer. The reason the U.S. is different is because of white supremacy. It had a whole class of people living inside its borders that it was hellbent on keeping down. The infrastructure of this country was built to keep black people from gaining any upwards mobility. It's no surprise that as time has passed, this infrastructure shows itself as also harmful to the people it was intending to "protect." Capitalism and white supremacy don't care if the people it's intending to "protect" are happy. It only cares about the image it has to uphold which is why it is so harmful to us ALL. This ideology does not live in reality.

@juliettedemaso7588 Жыл бұрын

“And they feel safe because cameras….” Said no one, unless they’re on camera. 📸

@tarabelle7716 Жыл бұрын

a banger

@nicolasscrabeck376 Жыл бұрын

dude the suburbs were the reason why i was robbed of culture and being around community, it left me feeling isolated and just wtf

@emp0rizzle Жыл бұрын

you were lucky you weren't culturally enriched.

@ComradeCovert Жыл бұрын

as a born suburbanite, my entire adult life has been trying to get out my suburb and into somewhere more livable. I've already sent this to my friends (though they dont need convincing either) and If this changes even one suburbanite's mind about the state of suburbia, then i'd say it was a good video

@jooot_6850 Жыл бұрын

suburbs gotta be the worst place to live man. You have nothing but a house. No community, no freedom.

@louish4237 Жыл бұрын

What state are you in

@ComradeCovert Жыл бұрын

@@louish4237 nevada, from las vegas. basically only suburbs with one tiny strip of hotels

@juratory8876 Жыл бұрын

@@jooot_6850 I'm a born-and-raised suburbanite, and I can attest to this strongly. We have a pool and park in my neighborhood, but barely anyone uses them anymore (half because of COVID-19, and the other half because of general disinterest). So, it's just sitting there collecting dust in a sense. Other than that, everyone just sits inside their homes with the exception of the occasional family barbecue or other get-togethers, or kids playing outside during the summer.

@Legolas2 10 ай бұрын

@@jooot_6850 Some people (like me) like the suburbs. If you wanna live in a city, go right ahead. But don't force people who don't want to live in cities to do so by turning the suburbs into cities.

@torbayota Жыл бұрын

I vividly remember fishing in a rich ass suburb. Every jogger who passed me gave me the stink eye and I thought to myself; if I weren't pasty as hell these folks would call the cops on me I KNOW they would

@nawdude4292 Жыл бұрын

Yes you're part of the struggle now my pasty brother✊

@TheOneTrueNeravarOfOoo Жыл бұрын

I'm not sure how you were dressed at the time, but I bet they would have if you looked homeless too. They really wanna live in their own bubble and pretend everything is just perfect in the world.

@torbayota Жыл бұрын

@@TheOneTrueNeravarOfOoo oh yeah, I definitely was bordering on homeless chic which just made me even more hyperaware of myself and feel even more unwelcome there. Needless to say, I did not stay for long, even though it did seem like a good spot fishing wise.

@maplematoke Жыл бұрын

Rich people -- especially old white folks like boomers -- are evil people and truly are the scum of the Earth . They are useless parasites .

@100megatonYT Жыл бұрын

My dads a mailman and delivered mail to a high-end country club once. Some dude called him a peasant

@theklr Жыл бұрын

I just came back from Europe and nothing makes my blood boil more than the ease of non single occupant vehicle need. It’s like they actually think about the collective and not just the individual or something.

@fluidthought42 Жыл бұрын

Oh America thought about the collective alright, but it's who was allowed to be considered part of the collection and why. In essence, America created the urban ghetto to economically and socially seperate European immigrants from black communities in urban centers that had popped up during the Great Migration and the push for factory work during WWII. The easiest way to do that, considering the lack of public or private investment in urban slums and their surrounding supporting infrastructures that had predominated history, was to simply offer a life to white people outside urban centers in the form of suburbs, or to newer suburbs in the case of inner ring city suburbs (like Compton and the rest of South Central LA). Mix in government mandated racist housing covenants, redlining, blockbusting, and a sprinkle of crack epidemic (fueled in part by the CIA protecting international drug traffickers due to their role in opposing communist forces in Central and South America) and wa la.

@easternpromises7991 Жыл бұрын

As an European I find this misleading at best. Large cities might look like that but most families here still own a car for when it’s logical to use it instead of public transport. And tens of thousands of people still drive to work from their single family houses.

@theklr Жыл бұрын

@@easternpromises7991 not saying that, your infrastructure doesn’t penalize pedestrians or transit at the expense of personal commuting. In most American cities, including NYC, seem to not just have basic maintenance infrastructure to maintain the existing transit network and the new attempts are weakly enforced

@consentclub614 Жыл бұрын

If only a lot of "walkable" cities still weren't inaccessible for wheelchair users...

@fluidthought42 Жыл бұрын

@@consentclub614 Congratulations, many promoters for safely walkable cities also promote for more handicap accessible streets. Because it turns out a lot of features that makes cities safer for pedestrians with handicaps makes the city safer and more convenient for others. Features like crosswalks that use motion detection to automatically tell the system there's a pedestrian ready to cross, to sidewalk level crosswalks in areas with lots of pedestrians. The latter as a physical impediment is way more effective at slowing down cars than a stop sign is.

@CharlottePoe Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for this video. FD Signifier is absolutely correct calling this the video of the year. And for the record, as wheelchair user who doesn't live too far from that highway in Utah you pointed to, I literally can't access the other side on my own without a car. There's no bus route and no crosswalk. And don't get me started on how challenging the transit system is. All too often I'm stuck or put in dangerous situations when I try to get where I need to go. If things were just a little closer..... sigh. I wish our infrastructure and housing was built with the people who need them the most first in mind!

@devy8473 Жыл бұрын

During my whole life living in a third-world country, I GLORIFIED America. I've longed to live in the bustling cities in New York or own an abode in the quieter parts of the suburbs. That was until I actually arrived here as a high school student. Luckily, I got to live in the more bustling area in Washington but after a year, I had to move to the suburbs in California. It was awful, and I could never quite put a finger on why I hated it so much. The closest reasoning was walkability. Due to reasons including my intolerance of suburbia, I finally moved back to Washington as a college student in Washington. I've begun to appreciate public transportation more as I don't own a car and wow did I love walking down downtown Bellevue and the Ave (University District) because of how there's so much life there is. However, I still felt like something was missing or wrong even. As an art student, I spent most of my time mindlessly working on time-consuming projects. Naturally I'd put on a show or podcast on the side. I found myself falling down a rabbit hole of interior design videos in small spaces. For some reason, I slowly transitioned into urban and infrastructure videos. A great channel I watch a lot of is "Not Just Bikes". Oh boy, that answered my question of why I disliked suburbia so much. My passion (and infuriation for the current corrupt state of America and capitalism) grew. I started consuming more lectures and video essays but still felt like I was lacking in information about America's infrastructure and its ideologies surrounding it. When did this happen? Why did this happen? I didn't even know where to start researching on. This video was a great introduction of so many questions I had. You've explained everything so thoroughly and have a very structured way of formatting as well. I could tell you had such passion and put so much effort into creating this work. I'm so grateful to have stumbled upon this video. I'm not even Christian but jesus god bless you, amen or whatever. So many people need to know more about this video.

@ChestersonJack Жыл бұрын

Your input here is so valuable! So many of us Americans who talk about this issue have never lived anywhere else, and I’ll be honest, whenever we talk about this, I usually see at least a few people from other counties glorifying America as well, saying these problems are trivial. Honestly, even if you DIDN’T think the walkability was an issue, just having that viewpoint of having lived in an American city, an American suburb, and outside of the USA entirely is a type of perspective few people have.

@evanhughes1510 Жыл бұрын

I’m sure the suburbs is Heaven compared to whatever third world place you said you grew up in

@diamdante Жыл бұрын

Americans always look shocked when I inform them that there are places in Indonesia and Mexico that are better places to live in than any suburb in the USA outside of like *maybe* New York City

@evanhughes1510 Жыл бұрын

@@diamdante then why don’t Mexican people try to flee to there, instead of coming over here?

@evanhughes1510 Жыл бұрын

@@diamdante there is nothing that makes New York better than the suburbs. It’s smelly, crowded, expensive, polluted, loud, more crime etc, small living space. Suburbs are peaceful, lots of space for less money, and you can go visit the city when you want but don’t have to have the headache of living there

@victorythecreator Жыл бұрын

This video went CRAZY. So informative. So entertaining. Everytime I left, I had to come back.

@justinwatson1510 Жыл бұрын

I grew up in a subdivision in rural Georgia. When I was a sophomore in high school, a Black family bought a house a few streets away from where I lived; the literal day after the "Sold" sign was attached to the "For Sale" sign, every house whose property touched the original property was listed for sale.

@oscarosullivan4513 Жыл бұрын

Jesus

@justinwatson1510 Жыл бұрын

@@oscarosullivan4513 yeah, the south is something else. White people in other parts of the country know they should at least *pretend* to be decent human beings.

@yunleung2631 Жыл бұрын

If that’s correlated then that’s insanely fucked up. It’s not just economic. It’s also racist.

@justinwatson1510 Жыл бұрын

@@yunleung2631 the southeastern United States is home to the most overtly racist people in America; they're the same people who fought a literal war to preserve their "right" to own human beings, and nothing has ever been done to try to keep people with that attitude out of power or change their bigotry. It was definitely correlated. The most insane part is that they see themselves as being good, loving Christians while being some of the most hateful people alive.

@GustSergeant Жыл бұрын

Christ, white flight is alive and kicking

@RandomPerson-iz1qu Жыл бұрын

in school for environmental studies, and every time I learn about how corrupt and harmful our current residential areas I feel physically ill. As a black woman, I feel like it's my duty to undo the intense segregation and environmental degradation, but I'm so intimidated by the numerous systems in place that stand in my way. It's nice to hear black voices in this sphere, keep being you!!!!

@veelogation3890 Жыл бұрын

At least you aren't alone in this duty, though it can feel that way sometimes. Only through all of us who want to change the world going at the problem can we get the momentum to fix/dismantle these systems.

@error.418 Жыл бұрын

yes yes yes yes yes

@mrbutter6933 Жыл бұрын

Damn this video edited so well and thought off so well. The movement with the light tracking you is something I never seen a creator do. These little things is what makes this experience ever unique. I never even comment on peoples videos like that. But damn this is storyboarded on a another level.

@FrankLaundry Жыл бұрын

I appreciate you thank you😭

@reckonerwheel5336 Жыл бұрын

As an Indigenous person (Anishinaabe), that word "displacement" is extremely familiar, but I'm sure it'll work out -- just have the federal government build a few houses for the unemployed poors out in a dead field somewhere -- it'll work perfectly, nothing bad will happen apart from generational poverty and high suicide rates! :) In all seriousness, I wanted to add the Indigenous urban experience here -- sh*t is ROUGH, neechee. When you manage to have a life in a city that decades ago didn't even want you there, then you get priced out of it, that's colonialism still at a large. I encourage you to take a deep dive into the LandBack movement, because without some of that knowledge, you're always gonna leave out Indigenous people with whatever civil action you take and be supporting your colonizer. Going to a city council meeting? State that support and revitalization efforts are needed for all Indigenous people who are living there, especially those who are part of the local tribe(s). Support stewardship, sovereignty, and treaties. Remember that it's just 20% of Natives (in the USA) who live on their own territory, the rest are in colonized land. Great video, getting into gentrification is very much needed in this space.

@oscarosullivan4513 Жыл бұрын

Its interesting maybe handing over every hectare isn’t a bad idea. We will take back any of the “disgruntled”.

@krazyspartanodst Жыл бұрын

no such thing as colonized land yall just lost the war

@mikafizz1022 Жыл бұрын

How can I learn more about the land back movement????

@GustSergeant Жыл бұрын

@Whiteppl Krazy that's the point you're going to draw issue with.. who came first, not the massive amounts of genocidal action that both Canada *and* the US engaged in? Does it matter which nomadic people was on the continent first? Europeans still came last, have caused, and continue to cause, the greatest harm to the people that WERE here first.

@GustSergeant Жыл бұрын

@@krazyspartanodst What a well thought out, highly intellectual response. /S

@miacole Жыл бұрын

i am a frank laundry stan account

@mr..freeman2852 Жыл бұрын

I am a cj the x Stan account

@FrankLaundry Жыл бұрын

Ahhhh you’re amazing

@FrankLaundry Жыл бұрын

@@mr..freeman2852 same tbh

@maricelasanchez8439 Жыл бұрын

I would love to see this divided into 10 minute segments and taught as a full semester course. This is COMPREHENSIVE. Someone award Frank a PhD already.

@dinosaur___7209 Жыл бұрын

The hard thing about gentrifiers is they don’t *know* that they are gentrifying. They see a house / apartment available on the market, see that they can afford it, and decide to move. The issue is the companies making the expensive housing and pushing out people already living in cities. It’s a frustrating and difficult to interrupt cycle

@Eibarwoman Жыл бұрын

I feel like it's all the product of economic centralization as cities like Decatur, IL or Flint, MI decline. As in America's population has increased but those cities have shrunk drastically over the years.

@karld1791 Жыл бұрын

It’s probably the restrictive single family housing only zoning with large lot minimums limiting home construction that makes homes so expensive. Without those limits developers would develop and sell to try to keep up with demand.

@dinosaur___7209 Жыл бұрын

@@karld1791 zoning definitely plays a way part in this! I talked to someone in the field who also told me that it’s hard bc a lot of ppl in apartments can often be non-permanent residents, and ppl with homes are often more permanent residents, and there’s an association bt housing with more people in it and poverty and crime, etc so homeowners will lobby against zoning changes to avoid that.

@trevor_mounts_music Жыл бұрын

Yeah I know - it's like wow I found a house I can afford but fuck me right?

@EricLS Жыл бұрын

I’ll never forget learning about redlining and how incredibly recent it was. My cousin responded when I mentioned it once “that was 40 years ago!” We were literally in his parents house, which they would have been unable to afford as the history of their life would have meant no wealth to build upon. I’m pretty sure he was over 40 when he said it.

@cameronsactions Жыл бұрын

The highest compliment I can pay this video is that I usually only listen to video essays while doing something else because I have crippling anxiety over not being "productive" enough, but my eyes were glued to this the entire time. Your charisma rolls are off the charts, this is visually a blast to watch while being informative, in a way that makes me nostalgic for old public access TV infotainment (I mean that as a sincere positive). Really raised the bar with this one and I'm stoked to binge your other videos now.

@TheRockkickass Жыл бұрын

Sounds like you’re lazy

@callmemar100 Жыл бұрын

I always felt something was wrong that if you don’t have a car you have limited or no access to essential services/employment your video shed some much needed light into this thank you

@caput7702 Жыл бұрын

Interesting fact about early suburbanization, roughly 1910s in LA--large companies promoted the idea of the single family "bungalow" to draw workers from all over the country to cheapen labor. These companies built the houses near the factories & super far away from downtown to isolate the workers from the labor movement. And the workers were so burdened with housing payments that they didnt have time to organize Loved your video ❤

@hikawagetsbitches Жыл бұрын

oh wow thats crazy

@HiroZephyrr Жыл бұрын

Super proud of you dawg, this is a really solid piece. We need more episodes of the Frankie show!

@mewmew6158 Жыл бұрын

New subscriber earned! I have been complaining about lack of walkability in suburbs before I ever understood why it's bad on so many levels aside from WHY CANT I WALK OUTSIDE. I love seeing people talk about this.

@Drd7682 Жыл бұрын

Mew Mew other good channels about this topic are Climate Town, Not Just Bikes, Strong Towns & City Beautiful in case you don’t know of them yet.

@jennifer7685 Жыл бұрын

This is absolutely terrific. I love your style. I watch Not Just Bikes, and climate town, and i love how much attention you give to the aggressive racial intention with the construction of our regulations. It’s hard to make districting sexy, but your format is absolutely shareable and absorbable

@FrankLaundry Жыл бұрын

thank you so much 😭

@trevordillon1921 Жыл бұрын

It’s hard to see how it could change when you’re there, but I have one key reason for believing it may not be forever: We’ve made similarly drastic change before. Whole cities were reconstructed, back when we made the switch to cars in the first place. City blocks were widened with the streets, completely restructuring them in a matter of decades. We’ve done it before, and elsewhere they have done it again, converting cities from vehicle infrastructure back to walkable pedestrian environments. It’s not easy or cheap, but it’s possible and it’s been done. With enough social momentum, I believe it will change.

@hillviewguruofmusic Жыл бұрын

I'm indo-caribbean (I still live in Trinidad) and visited my aunt who recently moved to Levittown in August. It's crazy how accurate you are about the weird feeling you get walking through the town. I'm not black but nowhere in the States made me feel "otherized" more than my brief walk around the block in Levittown.

@COLORMIND.mp4 Жыл бұрын

this video was a BODY, love thinking about suburbia and the sin it has stained on the scalps of our children! Thanks for involving me, ive now watched this twice and pro tip; it got better 😊

@FrankLaundry Жыл бұрын

Love you dawg, can’t wait to bring you one the channel OFFICIALLY

@oscarosullivan4513 Жыл бұрын

@@FrankLaundry Maith Fear mo chara. It is interesting one of my vices is my love for microbreweries beer. Here in Ireland we have to opportunity to stop the gentrification that is associated with these breweries. Most of them here in Ireland are in the countryside in economically depressed areas a number of which are in Irish speaking areas. A number of Irish suburbs including Dún Laoghaire and Blackrock are well connected by public transport to Dublin city and are old style suburbs. Some like Tallaght were poorly thought out but are now connected by tram to the city. Though there is a campaign to get Tallaght city status.

@manwhoismissingtwotoenails4811 Жыл бұрын

What i hate most about the nuclear family is no matter how modern they make it it screws over your older relatives. We shove them in nursing homes and we ignore them. Saying"family" goes beyond mommy dad and your sibling it shouldn't stop there and your community should be seen as important all the same. But you don't have that because Grandma and Grandpa not having extra expenses means less money for the medical industry.

@DG-gx8pn Жыл бұрын

I recently moved to a town where you have to drive EVERYWHERE with both my school and job being 30 minutes away at where I used to live. Now I’m my old town I still would have to drive everywhere but after the move and driving up to 350 miles a week, I hate it and this is coming from a car guy. I just want to live somewhere where I can walk to get something as simple as a candy bar.

@veelogation3890 Жыл бұрын

I like driving and I want to keep it that way. That's why I never want driving to be part of my commute or something I need to do - it should be something I choose to do.

@AIDAHAR210 Жыл бұрын

You're not alone. I'm a car guy and right now I just want to move to Amsterdam and use a bike and public transit for all my commutes. I'm sick of driving, unless it's track day then that's fun

@kiara4919 Жыл бұрын

I live in Northern Utah in a fairly small city about 45 mins from SLC. You are 100% right, rent is out of control and when I first moved here i never saw a single homeless person, now there are several homeless people on every corner. That’s happened over the last couple years and it’s so sad to see. It wasn’t like this before and people are being forced out while wages aren’t going up.

@linuxman7777 Жыл бұрын

I live in a walkable town, but it was older and established in the 1800s, Building some form of walkability isn't hard, just put a convince store in each neighborhood, but with the walmarts and the big box stores gutting retail in most of our human scaled cities, Walkability isn't accessable except in places that were spared from the big box store because they are so far away, or huge metroplexes where the core is protected from the ravages of big box stores because of the suburbs creating a barrier between the downtown and these stores.

@fluidthought42 Жыл бұрын

I live in Southern California, but on the tail end of a ghostly limb of the now defunct Red Line. I was always so confused as to why my neighborhood, despite being the poor part of town, felt so much better to live in compared to other suburbs I've been stuck in before (my family had to stay with our pastor at his house in a suburb for a year as we were effectively homeless). Turns out since the Red Line used to pass through here we inherited aspects of the streetcar suburb, in other words transit oriented urban design. It's been pasted over and buried in many ways, but the lingering effect is that despite the lackluster replacements for the Redline being a barely serviced Metrolink station and a middling bus transit system, the actual urbanism in this neighborhood is amazing. Just a few streets away are neighborhoods that were formed out of what was probably farmland relatively recently, and due to this it has much more in common with your typical white exclusive enclave suburb than it does with the "ghetto" part of the city.

@linuxman7777 Жыл бұрын

@@fluidthought42 I really don't care about the Enclave stuff, and actually encourage enclaves if they create walkability and community rather than making us all consumers, I was just in my previous post focusing on economics and how many towns around me that were walkable became ghost towns when walmart moved in. You don't really need transit for good urbanism as cities throughout the centuries were mixed use and walkable without transit, Instead of focusing on transit, good land use is so much more important.

@fluidthought42 Жыл бұрын

@@linuxman7777 A more robust public transit system encourages more pedestrian traffic which in turn encourages a more walkable city design. Furthermore the same policies that maintain the sanctity of the suburb are also the ones that make building walkable cities illegal. When it comes to land use, it really is a zero sum game because we cannot create more land.

@linuxman7777 Жыл бұрын

@@fluidthought42 Not if you have to drive to the train or bus, or you live in a place like much of America, Western Europe or Japan where the population is stagnant or shrinking. Mine as well as Strong towns objection to Transit Oriented Development is that it is a "Build it and they will come" mentality, instead of fixing and improving the great places we already built. Public Transit has its value in increasing mobility, but it really doesn't increase walkability, that is the rule of good land use and not building a big box store between several towns killing every walkable place in a 20mi radius

@fluidthought42 Жыл бұрын

@@linuxman7777 Obviously I'm not suggesting building extensive and high traffic electric rail systems in the middle of bumfuck nowhere. But in somewhere like Southern California, which I mentioned I lived in, which has one of the most populated and expansive metropolitan areas in the world? Yeah, that is a good idea. Furthermore that transit first model had historically encouraged dense development. You mention Japan as a failure of the model while simultaneously ignoring how it is largely considered something close to an global ideal for urbanism in many ways, all made possible due to the presence and maintenance of transit systems. Not saying that it's necessarily that correlation is causation, but to paraphrase Sir Terry Pratchett it does wiggle its eyebrows suggestively and silently mouth "look over there". So I do suspect that paired together with more walkable city design it might be a good idea. Lastly, you didn't really address how the housing and zoning policies which created and maintain suburban enclaves are doing their role in preventing the creation of more walkable cities. I'm not suggesting doing a reverse blockbusting, or a reverse Robert Moses, whatever that would look like. Rather that we override local zoning laws, preferably at the state level for political convenience, to allow for more economic freedom for local property owners to respond to an overheated housing market with more dense and walkable development. Maybe even allow the state to develop land or renovate historic buildings for either publicly subsidized housing or even mixed use! While that may sound like something allowed for your state, it is currently not allowed by California because of a prop bill passed in the 60s that gave local residents veto power over any such projects.

@donHoulio Жыл бұрын

23k subs and this video has better production than 90% of large video essay centered channels

@theneonflash2832 Жыл бұрын

Its crazy how homelessness from the capitalist perspective is a good thing as it provides an underclass, also a plausible reason why this crisis of homelessness has persisted for so long, despite their being tons of vacant homes. Great video, amazing energy, pacing, fresh interesting change of environments/scenes I could really tell you put your love into this

@emp0rizzle Жыл бұрын

cute that you think homelessness is a housing problem.

@jerrell1169 11 ай бұрын

I can link a pretty decent quantity of articles on this but there are *not* “tons” of vacant homes around. Homeless people coalesce in cities and suburbs where there are not vacant housing. There is in fact significantly less housing available than the demand.

@oliver-bu4vs 11 ай бұрын

@@jerrell1169 I'm not sure where you are but in NY this is absolutely not true. We have a homeless population of less than 3000 and tens of thousands of units that sit empty every year, with only luxury housing being built. Also curious what type of problem you think homelessness is @emp0rizzle

@suppositorylaxative3179 10 ай бұрын

@@emp0rizzlehomelessness is a microcosm of problems that capitalists are fully unwilling to solve

@emp0rizzle 10 ай бұрын

@@suppositorylaxative3179 really? So before capitalism, poor people were living in 10 room mansions?

@Grunch420 Жыл бұрын

Not Just Bikes sent me here! Thanks for making this, very informative and thorough!

@jessicaj8083 Жыл бұрын

I know this took so much time and attention to detail to make, and the result is incredible. This was so informative and covered important historical grounds. Great work from start to finish

@thiago4146 Жыл бұрын

The fact that I watched this video for free feels illegal. I loved everything about the way you made this video. From the change in clothes to voices to even just how in-depth the research was! Absolutely incredible

@jacob-425 Жыл бұрын

Being a Puerto Rican born and raised in Brooklyn, this video hit a nerve necessary. The past two years I’ve been thinking of leaving cause of many of the topics you’ve discussed, but your video helped me see that it might not be what I’ve glorified it to be. Keep doing what you are doing

@EvilParagon4 Жыл бұрын

Wait what, KZbin recommended me something barely anyone has seen, and it was good? That's neat.

@georgeparker7502 Жыл бұрын

You are unbelievably talented at communicating ideas. I was hooked from the beginning. Good job!

@souleaterevans4589 Жыл бұрын

As someone who can't drive, is disabled, and living in an area with mountains, walkability is super important to me. It seems that instead of making changes that condenses down the sprawling cities we have, we just keep building... and building... and building. It's really tough for me to find places to live because it needs to be a good price (good fucking luck finding that alone lol), a safe place, near a grocery store and a pharmacy, and I have to consider where doctors, dentists, etc. are gonna be. The place I'm living in now is 100% suburbia. It's nice, but I hate being an hour's walk away from anything remotely better than 7/11-type outlets.

@32134max Жыл бұрын

this video is amazing! Holy shit, i’ve been trying to articulate and find evidence of the exact things you talked about in the video for months because i’ve felt like this whole country is a conspiracy theory for how to create a living purgatory and holy shit you did an amazing job!

@AndyTheWatchdog Жыл бұрын

This video is extraordinary in quality and you are a REALLY skilled artist and educator. Thank you for sharing this with us

@seandunoon Жыл бұрын

Bro i remember when this channel was reacting to tiktoks, and now youre making legit movies. Proud of you man!

@FrankLaundry Жыл бұрын

This means so much fam😭😭 you been here since get go🙏🏾

@jeremycurimao727 Жыл бұрын

I felt so seen when Westlake, CA got mentioned! I grew up and live in Daly City so it's just about 5 minutes away from me. Driving through Westlake always felt perplexing and uneasy since the makeup of the homes there is so different from houses and apartments in Daly City. Thank you so much for this video. It reinforces the importance of housing needing to be a right, not a commodity. I'll come back to this whenever I need to remind myself of that, and to be inspired to form community.

@miloformiles Жыл бұрын

Completely unrelated because I have nothing to add to the main point of the video due to not living in the US but your outfits are *chef's kiss*, truly an icon and inspiration to all of us mascs.

@kaitlyn5866 Жыл бұрын

you clearly put a lot of work into this video. it really opened my eyes and provided a different perspective than the one i've been fed my entire life. great work, frank

@catherineconspiracy Жыл бұрын

such a great and concise video on the topic! everyone in the suburbs loves visiting walkable communities for vacations but can't live in any walkable areas due to being priced out of nicer areas or being policied out of being able to live there.

@deanmccourt4800 Жыл бұрын

At over an hour and half wouldn't use the word concise

@jamesphillips2285 Жыл бұрын

@@deanmccourt4800 I found it DENSE. Every minute of video is expensive to produce. Several times in the video he mentioned topics he had to cut for time. The video is heavily edited down to a manageable length.

@CortezBumf Жыл бұрын

@@deanmccourt4800 considering the scope of the topic? It’s pretty concise.

@empatheticrambo4890 Жыл бұрын

1:35:55 That is one of the most disorienting, interesting, artsy transitions I've ever seen

@russianbot8576 Жыл бұрын

i am SO GLAD to see someone address this topic and even touch on that gentrification is causing folks pushed out to move into _decaying suburbia in particular_ because so often this isn't worded to specify. it is less stated because the amount of affected people is less overall, but older rural towns (built up around tracks around one mill and swathes of farmland) are also being fucked, especially those with 'unique' main streets and sidewalks already in place (leading to the mill/mainstreet/train rails). often these rural towns (with small populations of a couple thousand, not usually over 5k) have stagnated in poverty rates in the double digits (ie 30%+) and often have a relatively mixed ethnic demographic. so when the population doubles in less than 5 years, it's due to new housing, and that housing is not accessible by foot (and brings with it stroads which often demolish sidewalks, or closes them for months leading to less of them being added back in due to reports of 'lack of demand' on-site.... because it's closed). very often what happens is a community-based revitalisation project on main, then suddenly the housing market pops off astronomically. the resources for locals becomes overwhelmed (community services like soup kitchens, homeless care and so on) or is so priced out it vanishes--or it 'looks bad' to the new folks. regardless it also leads to the crunching in process leading to mass evictions of the poorest members and often the population tilts middle or upper middle class white folks, as they are the only ones who can afford the new housing. and rent goes up and the smaller houses previously there get demolished for new single family houses or flipped. houses that would have passed inspection before are suddenly decried condemned (over vine coverage, minor leaks, etc) and people who can't afford or don't have time to fix those issues have to sell, and a couple months later, the house is being torn from the inside out and the original dwellers are gone.... bell hooks is from appalachia. rural towns full of white folks may be affected, i don't know, but i know every rural town i know of with any substantial black demographic is being done like this and it is very likely also going to cause the displaced folks to be shoved into the failed suburbia of yesterday as the wealthier, predominantly white, newcomers try a 'second attempt' at a car nightmare, just with warehouses and such not zoned quite so far away (still need a car tho). i know this is a little off topic and look i get that the gentrification of large cities takes notice over rural villages for a reason--it affects more people and it's a huge problem. but thank you for specifying where people have left to go because it touches, however indirectly, on that rural villages aren't where people will be shoved to, but in the concrete wastelands of failed suburbia, alongside the rural displaced.

@randomomar1014 Жыл бұрын

This country's cooked. Thank you for your excellent journalism.

@navyblu8293 Жыл бұрын

you need a million awards for this. my town in socal made up of brown and black laborers has been gentrified right before my eyes as i’ve grown up the last 10 years. this is everything and more of what i’ve been trying to say. thank you.

@ravengayle8498 Жыл бұрын

Eyy fellow socal here! When I went back to my hometown I was so shocked to see they turned it into a fucking tourist trap. People who have lived in their neighborhoods for years were getting pushed out because all the infrastructure was driving the housing prices up! It’s terrible to read abt it in textbooks but when it happens right before your eyes it’s absolutely horrifying.

@bom.6658 Жыл бұрын

Aye fellow SoCal as well, my town was a majority Mexican and indigenous people (a lotta white hippies too) and it’s been gentrified to beyond recognition

@juliagliwinski2636 Жыл бұрын

this is the one of the most well produced, researched, and entertaining videos ive watched on youtube in a LONG time! i love your content, you're amazing and it's easy to see your passion in your work. keep going bestie ur slaying

@zsnow4768 Жыл бұрын

This is my first Frank Luandry video, until this video I had never heard of you before. I am 10 minutes in and had to stop to like, subscribe, and comment. I can already that this is seriously top notch content and the effort you took to make this really shows. You’re production quality is also so good for a Chanel with only 30k subscribers, you deserve so many more subs and I truly believe you will make it if you keep it up.

@user-yn3qv5vn3i Жыл бұрын

Rarely do I feel like I have to leave a tip for a yt video but the effort that went into this is clearly insane. What an incredible introduction to your channel.

@mirandaweber9383 Жыл бұрын

This video is so good. I grew up in Seattle, fought against/watched gentrification, as each of my friends were pushed out until I was eventually pushed out myself, ended up in the peninsula and now I'm watching this place get marketed as the next suburb to Seattle. EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A WHOLE ASS BODY OF WATER BETWEEN US AND SEATTLE!!!! It takes an hour to ferry to downtown Seattle from my town alone!! Let alone getting to the ferry or anywhere outside of downtown in Seattle. It makes me nauseous. Or maybe that's the smoke from the wildfires that's made it all the way over here...