Californians may tax the rich more to subsidise electric cars

Re:Californians may tax the rich more to subsidise electric ... by seneca on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @12:45PM (#33250256)

> You can look at a number of different countries in Europe to see how even small towns can still be built with a natural density curve to allow choice rather than the car-centric sprawl that we have here.

I think this is the model American urbanists need to take. Move to small towns where they can have more influence, and they don't have to try to force their preferences on existing large communities.

Get involved with development of a small town, guide it into these mixed use styles and attract like minded people. It would be significantly less of an uphill battle, and wouldn't anger all of the people who like the ways things already are in their large cities.

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Re:Californians may tax the rich more to subsidise electric ... by enragedcacti on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @01:44PM (#33251192)

> and they don't have to try to force their preferences on existing large communities.

Or they can advocate for their ideology until existing large communities share their preferences.

I didn't really talk about climate above but that is a huge influence as well. I think advocates feel that time pressure and don't see any other option but to push for sweeping changes quickly and at a large scale.

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