I have the benefit of dual perspectives, having lived my first 30 years in the US (California) and my most recent 7 here in Ireland. Ireland and the US are bot

I have the benefit of dual perspectives, having lived my first 30 years in the US (California) and my most recent 7 here in Ireland. Ireland and the US are both quite auto-dependent. Commute times are similar 44% is only true if looking at the broadest possible definition of Dublin, and most of those places are not well-served by transit, bike infra, etc. https://www.visualcapitalist.com/average-commute-u-s-states-cities/ https://www.visualcapitalist.com/average-commute-u-s-states-... https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-cp6ci/p6cii/p6td/ https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-cp6ci/p6c... Most people do it by car, too, though not quite as many as the US (63%) https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-cp6ci/p6cii/p6mtw/ https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-cp6ci/p6c... The US is indeed low density, but this is generally _because_ it's built around vehicles, not because the country is big. The older cities were built before cars and exhibit pretty high densities. The density of the country as a whole doesn't really matter, anyway. After all, it's not like someone said "we just added Alaska as a state, let's start downzoning Los Angeles for lower density". "Offsetting greenhouse gas use in Ireland by working from home or a shared workspace may well be a workable proposition in Dublin, but it's a complete impossibility in the US" This is surprising considering how many of my colleagues work remotely from the US.