Comment by hackyhacky | Hacker News Reader

Comment by hackyhacky | Hacker News Reader

I am fully on-board with walkable cities, it's something I feel very strongly about. This link, however, is not to an article supporting the lofty claim of the title (currently "Lack of Walkability in the US is destroying mental health"), but rather to a shop where you can buy red Trump-style "Make America Walkable Again" hats.... for what end exactly? Not clear. The site is collecting donations, but they don't say what they plan to do with them. All of this smells very fishy. (As an aside, I'd guess the number of US residents who support walkable cities AND who are willing to wear a hat that is designed to be mistaken at first glance for one supporting the former president is very small.)

If you're interested in a more informative discussion of city design and its effect on lived experience, I recommend Not Just Bikes [1].

[1] https://www.youtube.com/c/notjustbikes

What would you like to see on the website? All proceeds from hat sales go toward funding the Make America Walkable documentary.

If you want to make a documentary, I would like to know why your documentary will be better than what is already available, such as Not Just Bikes, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, or any other prior art.

This is a multi-year project, a feature length documentary that will be sold to a big streaming service, not a YouTube channel.

Do you already have an agreement to sell it for a big streaming service, or is that merely your aspiration? If you've already sold it, why do you need additional money? If you haven't already sold it, then you shouldn't speak about it as if doing so were a certainty.

Regardless, you still haven't answered my question. Why is making a multi-year, feature-length documentary better than a series of videos on YouTube? Why do you think that your chosen medium will be more effective or persuasive than previous works? In other words, why do you think you deserve donations?

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