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Re:The electric car as a talisman of false hope by localhost on Friday August 16, 2019 @12:45PM (#20716982)
Another aspect of suburban living that I don't like at all is how it isolates people from each other. I've made the mistake of living in a subdivision with lot sizes > 0.5 acres. Because of the low density, my kids can't have spontaneous interactions with friends that I enjoyed while younger, i.e., walk / cycle to their houses to hang out. Everything becomes scheduled and everything requires a car to shuttle the kids around to their activities.

I've become convinced that density really is the answer to building a more humane way of living.

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Re:The electric car as a talisman of false hope by cr0sh on Friday August 16, 2019 @03:53PM (#20719042)
> I've become convinced that density really is the answer to building a more humane way of living.

Counterpoint?: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_sink

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Re:The electric car as a talisman of false hope by yellowapple on Friday August 16, 2019 @06:03PM (#20720147)
Having grown up in a rural area, the openness and freedom/room to play outdoors was - IMO - well worth the inconvenience of things being more spread out (not that this was ever that big of a problem; the main pain point was more the lack of sidewalks and bike lanes, but that's relatively easy to fix).

This was in an area where (IIRC) the mandated minimum lot size was 1 acre, and the vast majority of properties were 5+ (I lived on 8).

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