The cost of being poor: Why it costs so much to be poor in America
Lets all say it together:<p>Car dependency and bad city planning.<p>This is literally the majority of the problem.<p>If you have a walkable town, you don&#x27;t need a car for your basic you need to live. You just walk to the store. Also, because going to a store is not a car trip, you can do it every day, or every other day. You don&#x27;t need a insanely large fridge and freezers that Americans seem to have. You can also take advantage of temporary price reductions.<p>Towns built around walkability, bikes and public transport are just superior in every way that we can measure, from health to water use and so on.<p>The US needs to fundamentally change its approach to cities and towns. You can&#x27;t have poor people working in cities to provide services and then force them to live in some Cul-de-Sac cheap house 1-2h drive outside of the city.<p>I highly suggest people listen to Peter Calthorpe, who coined the turn  Transit Oriented Development. Here some great videos that are worth checking out, one general, one about California:<p>- General&#x2F;China: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=KqldZhxl86I">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=KqldZhxl86I</a><p>- Cali: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=fUtdFbK4YG4">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=fUtdFbK4YG4</a><p>This article is missing the forest while talking about trees.