Re:No traffic deaths in Helsinki for a year
by bluescrn on Sunday August 03, 2025 @05:56AM
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Only in cities. And a lot of people don't want to live in ever-denser cities.
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Re:No traffic deaths in Helsinki for a year
by graemep on Sunday August 03, 2025 @06:32AM
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A lot of people seem to want to live in cities though. Scroll through this graph, especially the broad categories at the bottom of the page, and there is a consistent global trend to urbanisation: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS?locat...
House prices are almost far higher in big dense cities, so people are clearly willing to pay a premium to live there.
People either want or need to live in big cities.
I live in a small village on top of a hill. Most people drive, but I don't. When I need to get some heavy stuff up the hill once a month or two, I get the bus. The rest of the time I walk.