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Re:Cycling heaven: The African capital with 'no traffic' by ehnto on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @01:47AM (#19498435)
Why would it need to be a co-coordinated effort? I think you will find it is just the prevailing opinion in regards to the future scale and efficiency of humanity. That is something people on HN love to think about so it is no surprise they have come to similar opinions. The facts are dire for the things you mentioned as "western ameneties".

Do I wish that weren't true and that we could all have affordable family homes to live on? Sure, but suburbia doesn't even make sense from a commuting point of view let alone environmental.

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Re:Cycling heaven: The African capital with 'no traffic' by randon on Thursday March 28, 2019 @11:06AM (#19512886)
why would people need to commute at all?

if people worked from home they could have nice amenities, space, low noise, vehicles to travel elsewhere and useless offices could be converted to something that is more useful.. otherwise people pay a lot of money to rent a space that they don't use fully...

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