> its that their approach is "your whole life is wrong and you're just too stupid to know it" I'm not sure what you've been reading but I can't say I've ever s

> its that their approach is "your whole life is wrong and you're just too stupid to know it" I'm not sure what you've been reading but I can't say I've ever seen that approach. However, I do agree that the wrong tack is often taken. It's usually "environmental concerns mean we're all going to have to live in dense cities whether we like it or not", which is hardly an appealing take (irrespective of how true or false it is!). Personally I love living in the city with my family. I bike the kids to school in the morning, the city has more museums than I can count, we have a giant park nearby with a zoo, a half dozen playgrounds... it's great. But you're right that you rarely see this kind of appeal actually made.