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Re:Let’s not demonize driving, just stop subsidizing it by adrianN on Friday February 17, 2017 @01:30AM (#13666365)
It works much better in European cities. Cars are not necessary to have affordable housing that is close to offices. You "just" need denser cities, saner zoning and decent public transport. In my office for example the large majority arrives via bike or public transport. There isn't enough parking space to accomodate even half of the workers.

I live about five kilometers from the office and ride my bike. I pay about twelve Euros per square meter rent. My apartment even has a big yard, I just have to share it with the other tenants. A grocery store is right across the street. The next one is ten minutes walk away.

Live can be pretty nice if city planning isn't completely screwed up.

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Re:Let’s not demonize driving, just stop subsidizing it by closeparen on Friday February 17, 2017 @02:24AM (#13666594)
The grocery store they were going to build next door to me was killed because the entire walkable radius around my apartment is the ancestral land of an Indian tribe, and their descendents would rather this site remain the parking lot of a restaurant than 150+ apartments and a bunch of retail. My nearest grocery store remains 2+ miles uphill.

Mountain View looks like a small town in order to protect the habitat of a burrowing owl.

There's always some reason not to densify where people have already settled. We sprawl because it's the only thing we can get away with.

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Re:Let’s not demonize driving, just stop subsidizing it by AstralStorm on Friday February 17, 2017 @08:51AM (#13668220)
Wow, 2 miles, that is almost walking distance. If you had a tram, that would be just minutes away.
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Re:Let’s not demonize driving, just stop subsidizing it by dashundchen on Friday February 17, 2017 @02:10PM (#13670840)
And is definitely easy biking distance. If transit isn't an option, maybe residents could lobby for bike and pedestrian infrastructure as an alternative.
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