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If that's how you think, then at least I hope you're not writing massive essays asking (the rest of) the entire the nation to build more housing, even if it mak
by t_mann 4y ago
If that's how you think, then at least I hope you're not writing massive essays asking (the rest of) the entire the nation to build more housing, even if it makes neighbourhoods ugly.
- golemotron 4y agoThere's plenty of space in the US. Grow wide, not dense. It's good policy.
- wonnage 4y agourban sprawl is both economically and ecologically unsustainable
- washbrain 4y agoWhat you are saying is, "convert farmland to housing and highways." It's an inefficient use of space, it socially isolates us, and it has devastating ecological consequences.
- golemotron 4y agoSuddenly, all non-urban space in the US becomes farmland.
- washbrain 4y agoShow me land on the periphery of an urban center that's large enough to meaningfully expand housing that isn't farmland, rangeland, forestry, or a protected habitat/important ecological preserve. I'll wait, take your time.
- golemotron 4y agoYes, legislative capture and over-zealous zoning are real problems.
- washbrain 4y agoSo no, you can't find any?
- golemotron 4y agoIt's your straw man, not mine. Tell me what you find.
- washbrain 4y ago"There's plenty of space, grow wide." "That land is in use already." "Lololol strawman! No u!" Alright, sure.
- drusenko 4y agoHow is growing wide good policy?
- golemotron 4y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_sink https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_sink
- t_mann 4y agocovering more and more land in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impervious_surface https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impervious_surface is not a good idea either
- golemotron 4y agoGenerally solved by incentivizing large lush green lawns for single family housing in large tracts. The lawns have the added benefit of capturing carbon and increasing air quality. Mandating one 18-hole golf course for every 2K people in municipalities would also create positive offsets to impervious surface and add to the benefit.
- t_mann 4y agoincentivizing lush greens in California? I don't live there, but the last thing I heard from there was quite the opposite