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According to this data, I don't want to live in such cities. I get that for some people those pools of houses and people in a small area are nice, but for me, i
by oneplane 10y ago
According to this data, I don't want to live in such cities. I get that for some people those pools of houses and people in a small area are nice, but for me, in the information age, it doesn't make much sense anymore to live in a crowded area with all the amplified problems people have when stacked on top of each other.
- alistairSH 10y agoBut at the same time, rural and suburban living have their own problems. You lose economies of scale when it comes to rolling out new technology (fiber, cable, etc). Residents have to drive more. Transportation of goods/services costs more. Some jobs (services) require you to be on-site - straight up software development is one of a few that doesn't require any live face-time (but even that goes away as soon as you move into executive management or sales). The real answer seems to be somewhere in the middle. Well-planned urban areas should be able to mitigate much of the heat island effect. And if the suburbs are reigned in (and replaced with a more natural environment, with more plant-life, etc), we should see some benefits in the overall environment.