THE VIDEO SHELF · urban planning and children
Why We Won't Raise Our Kids in Suburbia
Not Just Bikes argues that car-dependent suburbs rob children of independence, contrasting North American suburbia with Dutch cities where kids walk and bike on their own. It is the creator's remake of an earlier video on the topic.
Why HN readers recommended it
The standard link in threads about child autonomy, helicopter parenting and car-centric planning.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Not Just Bikes
- Topic
- urban planning and children
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 7
- HN mentions in dataset
- 19
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2022–2026
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Watch some videos from this channel and you'll be able to see how the US definitely does not do enough in terms of creating safe road infrastructure for all: [LINK] [LINK] [VIDEO]
xputer on Hacker News · 2022-07
In Why we ignore thousands of daily car crashesNotJustBikes has some excellent videos on the differences between US and European cities, this one captures many of the issues - [VIDEO]
evolve2k on Hacker News · 2022-08
In Marc Andreessen says he’s for new housing, but records tell a different storyOnce the environment is safe for kids you don't have to do as many logistics for your children. You might be interested in this "Not Just Bikes" video about raising kids in non car dependent places: [VIDEO] or this one about kids who bike to …
NegativeLatency on Hacker News · 2022-10
In Barcelona-style “superblocks” could make cities greener and less car-centric
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