Remember this picture, & others like it, every time you hear someone in your city say "we're not Amsterdam." This was #Amsterdam in the 1970s. Many of the cities we admire made tough choices regarding cars in the past, and are still making better choices today. Better choices instead of excuses.

@brenttoderian.bsky.social

Their subconscious* means

"We are not like Amsterdam, we don't make tough choices..."

Of course, consciously they are thinking Amsterdam is just lucky, nothing we can do about it here.

* ok probably not. More like their brain IF they allowed it to continue to flourish the way they did when they were a constantly curious kid.