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Re:Workers Are Fleeing Big Cities for Small Ones, and Taking... by throwawaysea on Saturday September 07, 2019 @03:41PM (#20906023)
The downvotes for your comment makes no sense and highlights how ideologically sensitive HN has become. The biggest contributing factors to greenhouse gases and pollution more broadly are high per capita consumption (due to a modern standard of living that goes well beyond transportation) and population growth. And no, being in a city does not somehow make you magically more efficient to an extent that offsets the additional per capita impact.
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Re:Workers Are Fleeing Big Cities for Small Ones, and Taking... by lotsofpulp on Saturday September 07, 2019 @05:58PM (#20906825)
The per capita consumption is hugely magnified for people living in single family homes with yards and garages. That type of low density housing makes it impossible to create mass transit options, or even cycling and walking, all at the same time increasing distances of travel for everyone and subsequently all the infrastructure that has to be installed along that distance.
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