Re:Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits
by digging on Thursday June 08, 2023 @12:58PM
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> Suburbs don’t exist because of some big oil and auto company conspiracy. They exist because they give people an option they find more appealing vs urban areas.
No, modern car-dependent suburbs actually do exist because of oil and auto conspiracies. There exist options between high density and car-dependency. Surburbs can be walkable, and cities can have walkable low-density areas.
Re:Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits
by mike50 on Thursday June 08, 2023 @01:39PM
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Your typical modern American suburb is homes that would be three family homes 60 years ago on land that would fit three of those homes let alone a normal size house. All of this is subsidized by tax write-offs and gasoline that is 50% discounted relative to the rest of the developed world.
Not much freedom of movement when everything even a neighbor is a 15 minute drive away either due to sprawl or trafic.
Suburbs don’t exist because of some big oil and auto company conspiracy. They exist because they give people an option they find more appealing vs urban areas.
You are certainly welcome to try and lure more people out of the suburbs and rural areas by creating better high density, carless cities. I think the issue is that when people have kids, they want bigger homes, yards, more privacy, lower crime, freedom of movement etc.
It isn’t clear how to give people (in the US) the things that they want and make a city walkable. If it was obvious, there would be plenty of examples.