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Re:We mailed one hundred letters to test the postal service by tchanglington on Monday May 03, 2021 @09:14AM (#27024627)
The problem with the last mile is that there’s a lot of them. Even more if you’re in suburbia, where the number of people living in the last mile is comparable to people living in the last block or so in the city.
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Re:We mailed one hundred letters to test the postal service by prepend on Monday May 03, 2021 @12:52PM (#27027452)
Out of my 4 spots, 2 are urban and 2 are suburban. I’ve had a great suburban experience, 1 bad. Both urban were really good.

It seems like suburban mail delivery should be easy to predict and factor into cost.

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Re:We mailed one hundred letters to test the postal service by ohples on Monday May 03, 2021 @09:27AM (#27024778)
Yet another reason why suburbia is expensive and not sustainable https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVUeqxXwCA0
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Re:We mailed one hundred letters to test the postal service by bobmaxup on Monday May 03, 2021 @09:42AM (#27024963)
> This is where Americans go to vacation then return to their depressingly soul-crushingly dystopian car dependent suburbs

This video probably isn't the best source to build a persuasive argument from.

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Re:We mailed one hundred letters to test the postal service by sillyquiet on Monday May 03, 2021 @09:28AM (#27024811)
Yeah, remaking society seems like a just and scaleable solution
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Re:We mailed one hundred letters to test the postal service by ectopod on Monday May 03, 2021 @09:51AM (#27025071)
You don't have to remake the whole of society. Just stop making more of the bits that don't work.
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Re:We mailed one hundred letters to test the postal service by sillyquiet on Monday May 03, 2021 @11:28AM (#27026331)
As simple as that huh? Wonder why that hasn't been tried before.
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Re:We mailed one hundred letters to test the postal service by jeffbee on Monday May 03, 2021 @09:33AM (#27024856)
Ladies and gentlemen I present Sunk Cost Mentality.
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Re:We mailed one hundred letters to test the postal service by sillyquiet on Monday May 03, 2021 @11:29AM (#27026344)
Yep, such costs such as the freedom to choose not to live in some utopian urban beehive. Find a better solution.
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