What I described is a general problem around most if not all big cities. This is a random internet picture from a Paris suburb (close to CDG) [0]. While there a

What I described is a general problem around most if not all big cities. This is a random internet picture from a Paris suburb (close to CDG) [0]. While there are some trees it's far from a forested area. A green lawn is a far cry from a green forest when talking climate. And any unnecessary asphalt is too much. Just browse around with satellite view if you're curious how such villages look like compared to the actual patches of forest. This is a village ~25Km from Paris, right next to a forest [1]. While these low density suburbs definitely provide more comfort for their inhabitants much like cars provide comfort for their drivers, it's a very inefficient use of that land to everyone else's disadvantage and guarantees those people have to drive to the city. Public transport wouldn't be anywhere near as efficient when you start spreading tens of Km from the city in every direction. And there are far bigger offenders out there like in this random pic. [2] > they never have to water the lawn That sounds like an anecdote but I drove through plenty of suburbs (Paris or otherwise) and most lawns were green even after heatwaves and droughts. I'm pretty sure so many still generously water their lawns. Pools just add to that. [0] https://l7.alamy.com/zooms/cc7447863ce84406b71d51be29c7b830/france-seine-saint-denis-tremblay-en-france-residential-area-in-the-cpydm5.jpg https://l7.alamy.com/zooms/cc7447863ce84406b71d51be29c7b830/... [1] https://www.google.com/maps/place/Maffliers,+France/@49.0754888,2.3034475,1837a,35y,5.44t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x47e6433f72df61e3:0x8c8dc94c3c52b3e4!8m2!3d49.0773518!4d2.3069572 https://www.google.com/maps/place/Maffliers,+France/@49.0754... [2] http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1291806/images/o-SUBURBS-facebook.jpg http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1291806/images/o-SUBURBS-facebook....