Ah, open, as in not creating a seal in your ear, and not open as in open source.

I knew that…

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You can argue with them until the cows come home. It’s not about playing dirty or keeping your hands clean, it’s about not wasting your time with rotting lead-brained boomers. You can do that if you think it’s fun, but it’s not gonna achieve anything.

Your first mistake is assuming NIMBYs are arguing in good faith. They will simply keep arguing the point, or find another one. They don’t even have to argue on a basis of truth, as long as they keep screeching loud enough for everyone to go “FINE, baby. Have it your way” because they don’t wanna deal with it anymore.

Do not appeal to or argue with NIMBYs, instead present your case to politicians and participate in your local politics.

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Thanks I’ll never visit Hamburg

That’s based of Hamburg as far as explicit costs go, but there’s also implicit costs. I don’t know Hamburg, I’ve never been there, but I’ll make an assumption that it’s like every other big city with urban parking and ICE cars stuck in traffic every morning, bellowing fumes out for everyone to breathe.

It is my argument that for every dollar you don’t explicitly spend on car infrastructure, you’ll get it back tenfold in implicit costs being alleviated elsewhere, especially in the physical- and mental healthcare sectors.

It sounds like all of the problems they’ve faced are matters of fiscal priority. By contrast, how much money was spent on car infrastructure that ultimately has still not fixed traffic? I’m betting that number is higher.