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There are other ways of reducing pollution and deaths without making us live on top of one another. Also, not everyone can afford to live in dense cities. Citi
by cscurmudgeon 7y ago
There are other ways of reducing pollution and deaths without making us live on top of one another.
Also, not everyone can afford to live in dense cities. Cities may be even worse in terms of pollution if we cared to look at data rather.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-myth-of-the-sustainable-city/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-myth-of-the-s...
Urban areas are usually celebrated for their energy efficiency and low per capita carbon dioxide emissions,
but such accounting ignores how and where they acquire their resources
Poor people commute for miles to denser cities for jobs everyday not because they want to pollute but because they have no other choice.
It is usually the poor racial minorities who end up commuting for hours daily.
https://www.abc10.com/article/traffic/she-commutes-from-stockton-to-san-francisco-for-work-shes-not-alone/103-545961772 https://www.abc10.com/article/traffic/she-commutes-from-stoc...
- dodobirdlord 7y agoThese criticisms (cost, commuting time, pollution) point to a need for more urbanism and increased density.
- cscurmudgeon 7y agoIf you don't actually look at the data, yes that is the conclusion.
- ericmay 7y agoI think this is a great video that you might enjoy that would help inform the perspective I'm taking here: https://www.ted.com/talks/jeff_speck_the_walkable_city/transcript https://www.ted.com/talks/jeff_speck_the_walkable_city/trans... And yes, you're right, people with less economic means aren't commuting for fun, but cars just enable that. If you don't have a car and can't commute, either you move closer to your job or your job has to move closer to you.
- cscurmudgeon 7y ago> If you don't have a car and can't commute, either you move closer to your job or Totally, everyone can afford to move to SF right?
- ericmay 7y agoNo, and they shouldn’t.