Space unused by humans is not wasted. When I say destroy the cities I mean destroy the populations in them too, exactly the same way rural towns were destroyed. You just systematically dismantle them through policy and over time the people die off. There's a brief period of them living in miserable poverty, but I don't care any more about them than they cared about rural people they destroyed.

It may be true that city life is more efficient per capita, but the total population increase overcomes those efficiencies.

If you think their lives are resource and energy efficient now, wait until they don't even exist anymore.

Okay so you're just advocating for mass murder...

I don't think there's a productive conversation here anymore, clearly you have some personal vendetta against cities based on some rural experiences you've had.

Are you imagining rural towns were the victims of mass murder?

People talk about the goal of destroying rural and suburban life through policy all the time. If you found it jarring for someone to openly advocate for the destruction of your way of living, maybe take that into consideration.

What policies "destroy[ed] rural and suburban life?" Do you think people moved away from rural areas into cities because of some policy to destroy them, rather than wanting to find work through jobs located in cities? Without specific examples I really find it difficult to understand your philosophy.

> If you found it jarring for someone to openly promote the destruction of your way of living, maybe take that into consideration.

No because you are advocating for an equivalence which, to my knowledge, does not exist.

Dismantle public transportation, create trade policy which destroys their jobs, force their children into schools which promote lifestyles they abhor and promote childlessness, subsidize voluntary sterilization and market it to the kids in the schools, etc. These are all corollaries to what was done in rural areas.