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Re:Mass Timber Is Great, but It Will Not Solve the Housing S... by m_fayer on Thursday March 14, 2024 @02:45PM (#39707514)
I wrote medium-to-high density, which means anything between city and "walkable town with a core". This doesn't preclude detached homes. It does preclude sprawling car-centric suburbia, which is similar to rural isolation in terms of the effects it has on the most people's mental health.
Re:Mass Timber Is Great, but It Will Not Solve the Housing S... by rickydroll on Thursday March 14, 2024 @04:51PM (#39708815)
ah, I understand. I've lived in both city and "walkable town with a core. I now live 2 miles outside of a New England mill city. The value of each place has been for what I can reach, not the place itself.
Re:Mass Timber Is Great, but It Will Not Solve the Housing S... by lelanthran on Friday March 15, 2024 @03:02AM (#39712776)
> It does preclude sprawling car-centric suburbia, which is similar to rural isolation in terms of the effects it has on the most people's mental health.

Come on now: "Surburbia has more negative effects of people's mental health than high-density living" sounds like both pure conjecture and wishful thinking on your part.

Were there any measurements actually done? What are you basing this assertion on?

Re:Mass Timber Is Great, but It Will Not Solve the Housing S... by Kbelicius on Friday March 15, 2024 @11:16AM (#39716691)
Makes sense. A quick search shows that there is research on this subject and results seem to agree with GP.

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20230529/Study-shows-link-...