On: Blue-collar wages are surging. Can it last?

[akgerber]

Kids don't walk to school in many modern neighborhoods because they're not designed to be safe for walking, sliced through by wide high-speed arterials that encourage driving at dangerous speeds. I grew up in a 1900-1920s neighborhood and most kids walked to school.

[chrisbennet → akgerber]

So some of the reasons are "structural" as well. Good point. I bet there are other, similar, reasons along those lines.