CityNerd | Live Car-Free In the Sun Belt Challenge: Accepted // Successes, Failures, and Utter Travesties @CityNerd | Uploaded October 2022 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
Things I get asked a lot: Why did you move to Las Vegas? Isn't it a typical suburban Sun Belt hellscape, except with enormous, garish casino resorts? And, most importantly: how can you call yourself an "urbanist" and live in a place like THAT???
Today's video answers all those questions, and then goes a lot deeper. CAN you live car-free in a Sun Belt city? Should you? Isn't it just a huge hassle not having a car in a place that was so clearly designed around the assumption that everyone would own one? What are the societal benefits of foregoing car ownership -- and the personal benefits?
Tune in, and all will be answered!
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Previous CityNerd Videos Referenced:
- Cost of Car Ownership: youtu.be/c2rI-5ZFW1E
- Deep Dive on Induced Demand: youtu.be/za56H2BGamQ
- Pickup Truck Problems: youtu.be/aIy5uv5-VrE
- Stroad Ecosystem: youtu.be/azYHW1vXZaM
- Stroad Intersection: youtu.be/3v537SEfDag
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Resources:
- rtcsnv.com/maryland-parkway
- southernnevadastrong.org
- rtcsnv.com/projects-initiatives/transportation-planning/planning-studies-reports/regional-walkability-plan
- assets.rtcsnv.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/10/20132647/Appendix-C-On-Board-Mobility-Plan.pdf
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Images
- Lyft By Lyft, Inc. - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=116591627
- National/Alamo By AutoRentals - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=86242554
- Zipcar By GoToVan from Vancouver, Canada - Zipcar Car Sharing, CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=60457370
- Power Plant Image by Ralf Vetterle from Pixabay
- Goat Head Thorns By Steve Hurst @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - USDA, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1008731
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Music:
CityNerd background: Caipirinha in Hawaii by Carmen María and Edu Espinal (YouTube music library)
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Inquiries: nerd4cities@gmail.com
Things I get asked a lot: Why did you move to Las Vegas? Isn't it a typical suburban Sun Belt hellscape, except with enormous, garish casino resorts? And, most importantly: how can you call yourself an "urbanist" and live in a place like THAT???
Today's video answers all those questions, and then goes a lot deeper. CAN you live car-free in a Sun Belt city? Should you? Isn't it just a huge hassle not having a car in a place that was so clearly designed around the assumption that everyone would own one? What are the societal benefits of foregoing car ownership -- and the personal benefits?
Tune in, and all will be answered!
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Patreon - a way to directly support continuing CityNerd output! Thanks to all who have signed up so far.
patreon.com/CityNerd
----------
Twitter: @nerd4cities
Instagram: @nerd4cities
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Previous CityNerd Videos Referenced:
- Cost of Car Ownership: youtu.be/c2rI-5ZFW1E
- Deep Dive on Induced Demand: youtu.be/za56H2BGamQ
- Pickup Truck Problems: youtu.be/aIy5uv5-VrE
- Stroad Ecosystem: youtu.be/azYHW1vXZaM
- Stroad Intersection: youtu.be/3v537SEfDag
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Resources:
- rtcsnv.com/maryland-parkway
- southernnevadastrong.org
- rtcsnv.com/projects-initiatives/transportation-planning/planning-studies-reports/regional-walkability-plan
- assets.rtcsnv.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/10/20132647/Appendix-C-On-Board-Mobility-Plan.pdf
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Images
- Lyft By Lyft, Inc. - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=116591627
- National/Alamo By AutoRentals - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=86242554
- Zipcar By GoToVan from Vancouver, Canada - Zipcar Car Sharing, CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=60457370
- Power Plant Image by Ralf Vetterle from Pixabay
- Goat Head Thorns By Steve Hurst @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - USDA, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1008731
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Music:
CityNerd background: Caipirinha in Hawaii by Carmen María and Edu Espinal (YouTube music library)
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Inquiries: nerd4cities@gmail.com
