Environmentally focused people will complain about a goat herder living in a yurt in the Himalayas. (The goat will kill vegetation, increasing erosion as well as depleting finite salt lick supply) There’s a con to all things and people passionate and communicative about any issue.

You got to try to zoom out and understand the pro/con of different options.

Good or bad, we have the society we have. I need to drive my kids to school. To do so safely, I need a large car. Would it be better to live in NYC and take the subway? Or have denser walkable communities? Sure. But in the meantime, the kids need to go to school.