• Bjarne@feddit.org
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    3 days ago

    Why is this in c/upliftingnews ? Its rather depressing that we are unable to build safe neighbourhoods without having to kill eachother.

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      3 days ago

      it is uplifting in the sense that it is changing for better. It this does not feel uplifting with this wording though. It is “brutally” honest. I am iffy on removing this one

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      3 days ago

      “Uplift” means to raise the level of; improve; cause one to feel optimism

      Here a dangerous street has been improved by converting it into a neighborhood greenway. It is a well-known fact that there are already a lot of dangerous streets in the world, but I feel optimistic that more and more cities are rethinking the way they build their thoroughfares and are shifting to safer, more human-focused designs.