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Re:Fundamental rule of traffic: building new roads makes peo... by User23 on Friday December 28, 2018 @05:44PM (#18780100)
I don’t think advocating lower standards of living is good persuasion. Also, roads are observably popular, because people desire to both go places and to have things delivered.
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Re:Fundamental rule of traffic: building new roads makes peo... by praxulus on Friday December 28, 2018 @05:58PM (#18780169)
Spending an hour in traffic each day is not exactly my idea of a high standard of living.
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Re:Fundamental rule of traffic: building new roads makes peo... by User23 on Friday December 28, 2018 @06:01PM (#18780194)
Different people are in different life stages and thus have different preferences.
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