> What about clean air? I live 70 miles north of Wall Street, and the air seems fine to me. Had we not regulated emissions and created one of the west's most e

> What about clean air? I live 70 miles north of Wall Street, and the air seems fine to me. Had we not regulated emissions and created one of the west's most extensive public transportation networks to serve the 8.4 million people in NYC you might not be saying that. I understand your point, that you need a car to live in most of America. But you need to understand how different life in a real, dense city compares. If everyone drove - if we made space for everyone to drive and park - you would radically alter the culture of the city, and you'd significantly reduce its capacity to house so many people and businesses. Density creates opportunities for cultural exchange, cities are efficient human/economy-amplification systems. NYT rightfully hates cars, there is simply no space for cars in NYC and people are so close together they feel the pressure car infrastructure exerts on the city. My argument is that we'd have more spaces like these if we didn't subsidize the construction of places where you need cars to live. I'm presently teleworking in Northwest Indiana, and thought it would be easy for me to wait for my car to get fixed in the Starbucks kitty-corner from the repair shop. I didn't heed when the shop owner said, "you take your life into your own hands," when I told him my plan. I nearly got hit walking across the street - the only way out of this place - in broad daylight. We have an obesity epidemic and our communities are dissolving. Just look at what was trending on HN 4 days ago. [1] More suburbs, strip malls and parking lots are certainly not part of the solution. 1. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/22/upshot/how-social-isolation-is-killing-us.html http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/22/upshot/how-social-isolatio...