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Sure, I mean if you want a WALL-E vision of the future. Personally I'd prefer a Netherlands/Denmark present day kind of future, where people live within 5-10 mi

by darkr 11y ago

Sure, I mean if you want a WALL-E vision of the future. Personally I'd prefer a Netherlands/Denmark present day kind of future, where people live within 5-10 miles of their place of work and cycle or walk. Less apathetic fat people and psychotic auto-pilots.

ktRolster 11y ago
where people live within 5-10 miles of their place of work and cycle or walk. Problem with that idea is if you change jobs, you need to buy a new house. And moving that often can get lame.
- darkr 11y ago
  Depends on the city I suppose. In London, most tech jobs tend to be clustered within Hammersmith-ish, Soho, and City/Shoreditch, all of which are in cycling distance of East London.
continuational 11y ago
I go by bike from west to east Copenhagen every day, a 25 minute ride, and it's awesome. I wouldn't trade it for any perk.
- ams6110 11y ago
  What do you do when it's raining or snowing? What do you do when it's hot, can you shower at work?
  - leviathant 11y ago
    I walk two miles from my house to my office in Philadelphia. When it rains, I wear a raincoat. When it snows, I wear boots. When I first moved to the city, I took the subway during inclement weather, but after about two years, I came to just adapt to walking in all weather. In the summer, I'd take a few minutes to cool down. Other people, who biked, brought a change of clothes - but in our second building, we have a shower, and some guys used that as well.
  - Symbiote 11y ago
    I think this is like asking a Texan how they cope with rain (turn the wipers on) or heat (turn the A/C on). Imagine getting the same puzzled look. Rain/snow: wear a coat, optionally overtrousers. Hot: go slower if you normally race in, and it doesn't get much above 20 degrees anyway.
CM30 11y ago
Problem is, property prices make that non feasible. Most companies tend to cluster around the same locations, so a lot of people want to buy or rent property nearby and eventually the prices simply become unaffordable. You can't build upwards or downwards indefinitely, and you can't build too far outwards because the 5-10 miles thing goes away, so people will always have to commute to their workplace. The population is too high and the amount of space too limited to make this a reality, at least in countries with a decent sized population.

by darkr 11y ago

ktRolster 11y ago

where people live within 5-10 miles of their place of work and cycle or walk. Problem with that idea is if you change jobs, you need to buy a new house. And moving that often can get lame.

darkr 11y ago
Depends on the city I suppose. In London, most tech jobs tend to be clustered within Hammersmith-ish, Soho, and City/Shoreditch, all of which are in cycling distance of East London.

continuational 11y ago

I go by bike from west to east Copenhagen every day, a 25 minute ride, and it's awesome. I wouldn't trade it for any perk.

ams6110 11y ago
What do you do when it's raining or snowing? What do you do when it's hot, can you shower at work?
- leviathant 11y ago
  I walk two miles from my house to my office in Philadelphia. When it rains, I wear a raincoat. When it snows, I wear boots. When I first moved to the city, I took the subway during inclement weather, but after about two years, I came to just adapt to walking in all weather. In the summer, I'd take a few minutes to cool down. Other people, who biked, brought a change of clothes - but in our second building, we have a shower, and some guys used that as well.
- Symbiote 11y ago
  I think this is like asking a Texan how they cope with rain (turn the wipers on) or heat (turn the A/C on). Imagine getting the same puzzled look. Rain/snow: wear a coat, optionally overtrousers. Hot: go slower if you normally race in, and it doesn't get much above 20 degrees anyway.

CM30 11y ago

Problem is, property prices make that non feasible. Most companies tend to cluster around the same locations, so a lot of people want to buy or rent property nearby and eventually the prices simply become unaffordable. You can't build upwards or downwards indefinitely, and you can't build too far outwards because the 5-10 miles thing goes away, so people will always have to commute to their workplace. The population is too high and the amount of space too limited to make this a reality, at least in countries with a decent sized population.