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Why would we want to? I grew up in the Chicago suburban sprawl, and it feels like a tremendous waste of land and infrastructure. I hope we one day figure out ho
by acjohnson55 10y ago
Why would we want to? I grew up in the Chicago suburban sprawl, and it feels like a tremendous waste of land and infrastructure. I hope we one day figure out how to reduce humanity's physical footprint. Agriculture would obviously be the biggest thing, but compacting living space would help too.
- melling 10y agoWell, you could limit cars in cities which wastes a lot of space. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-04-01/american-cities-waste-space-and-money-on-car-parking-say-studies http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-04-01/american-c... But then you need to answer my question: There must be some way to move large numbers of people over "great distances" (50-100 miles) in a more commutable time.
- wavefunction 10y agoHigh-speed rail sounds like it could fit your needs, as long as you could somehow limit the number of stops along that distance that would need to be made, as the time-cost of slowing down, unloading and loading, and speeding back up would likely be the limiting factor in its efficiency and utility to the user.