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Is that true when you factor in utilities? IE - Where does all the water come from? At least in the burbs, you can set up your own well.
by cweiss 10y ago
Is that true when you factor in utilities? IE - Where does all the water come from? At least in the burbs, you can set up your own well.
- davidw 10y agoYes, it is, especially when you consider utilities. Average house in the burbs has some lawn or shrubs or something that uses water, and it's not like well water is ultimately 'free' - it comes from somewhere. Also, it means less land developed, less extensive electrical and water distribution systems, and so on.
- dredmorbius 10y agoYes. Cities, dense cities, are efficiency machines. Look up Geoffrey West, of the Santa Fe Institute, who does all kinds of research on scale and scale effects. Including of cities.