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This will have a few predictable results: The developers that pushed this through will make a fortune. The government taxes will increase immensely as they ca
by edoo 7y ago
This will have a few predictable results: The developers that pushed this through will make a fortune. The government taxes will increase immensely as they can now squeeze in more people. The city will generate much more pollution than it did. At what point do you say enough is enough. Exponential growth is unsustainable. The best communities I've ever seen were zoned for minimum size 1 acre single family lots.
- firethief 7y ago> The best communities I've ever seen were zoned for minimum size 1 acre single family lots. That isn't scalable enough without a major population correction. There are about 3.5 billion acres of arable land on the planet[1]. If we devoted all of that to rearing human families, we'd have to eat them. (1) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arable_land#Arable_land_area https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arable_land#Arable_land_area
- edoo 7y agoWhat they are doing isn't scalable without a major population correction. You hit the exact same issue someday no matter what. By encouraging exponential growth it just ensures when we do hit a true limit the losses are orders of magnitude worse. Also an increase in density is a decrease in quality of life. Why not live sustainable lives with a comfortable amount of resources instead of exponentially reproducing until everyone has nothing. If the plan doesn't scale 50k years into the future it is an abject fraud designed for short term profit at the expense of others. Math always wins.