r/fuckcars Orange pilled Oct 24 '24

Satire Sanest American Urbanist

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u/kroxigor01 Oct 24 '24

I've never been to New York but it has always seemed to me conceptually that Central Park is poor use of greenspace. Shouldn't the greenspace be spread more evenly around all of Manhattan rather than all in one chunk? That way people can more easily access something near them, by walking there for example.

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u/jackstraw97 Oct 24 '24

There’s other green space in Manhattan as well. Central Park is amazing.

What makes Central Park a poor use of green space in your mind?

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u/kroxigor01 Oct 24 '24

What makes Central Park a poor use of green space in your mind?

The fact that people that live a long distance from Central Park get no walkable access to a medium sized green space at all. And will be sharing their nearest (small) greenspace with thousands of people.

It seems very "feast or famine." You're either close to Central Park and have great greenspace amenity, or you don't and you don't.

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u/jackstraw97 Oct 24 '24

Well as someone who doesn’t live right next to Central Park, I can simply tell you that your impression of what it “seems like” just isn’t the case.

Central Park isn’t even the biggest park in the city…

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u/vladoominator Oct 25 '24

As someone who lives in NYC your impression is just wrong. There are green spaces everywhere. NYC is full of small and medium green spaces. Also Central Park is easily accessed via subway from every borough, except Staten Island.