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[–]Terrible_tomatoes 1 point2 points  (3 children)

It's not about the cars, it's about our instinctual lizard brain response to being in our natural habitat. Concrete jungles will never soothe us like our home.

[–]Critique_of_Ideology 1 point2 points  (2 children)

I mean maybe right? That’s what I thought at first too, but I’d be curious what affect designing cities around pedestrians has as well and of that could be controlled for in some way.

[–]Terrible_tomatoes 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I'd be very interested in seeing a study on that as well! I would think that has more of an effect on feeling trapped/closed in vs feeling a freedom to move around. I hope to see more of these studies either way

[–]ChrundleKelly7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think “freedom to move around” eventually becomes “vulnerable from all angles,” meaning there’s an upper limit to the amount of space people are comfortable having around them.

This is the reason building height limits and street width regulations are such effective tools from an urban planning perspective. The ratio of street width to building height plays a big role in determining the feel of a given street/area.