> The populations of dense cities use fewer resources than the same population spread out in low-density settlements, especially when those cities are laid out

> The populations of dense cities use fewer resources than the same population spread out in low-density settlements, especially when those cities are laid out to be properly walkable. It's just basic economy of scale. No, that's just marketing try to convince people of that... > In cities, not having a vehicle is an option. Outside of them, it's basically required in most places. Again that's marketing Did you try to think hoe many resources are needed just to build high rise buildings compared to an equivalent set of single family homes? Hint: their own structure need to be supported, just that and foundations impose MUCH MORE resources than light homes. Similarly for any implant inside, including elevators. Sewage network? Metros and so on? A city if you try to count raw material use MUCH more than an equivalent spread area. Not only: single family homes can evolve, they can be wood based and rebuild every let's say 50 years. Meaning they remain aligned to contemporary needs and tech, while rebuild a high rise building is a nightmare. If you have modern homes with EV in most part of inhabited world, WFH for eligible jobs, not suburb USA style but mixed spread are where your dentist is just a small building few km away, there is a small supermarket few km away and so on you can have small-battery EV mostly recharge via domestic p.v. in cities you can walk, sure, unfortunately groceries are not made there, they came from far away, as far as more dense is the area because anybody eat, but in dense area there is no local food production. As a result you consume less, comfortably ignoring the logistic behind anything you use locally. Now enlarge yourself talking about soil sealing who kill humus, water cycle alteration due to the big impact of such large and concentrated usage and discharge and so on. If you REALLY try to dimension a city you'll easy see that anything you believe is false, marketing pushed because dense cities means dependency on services, witch means big business for very few on the shoulders of many. Try just to imaging ready-to-eat food delivery in a spread are: there is no chance Uber Eat, Just Eat and so one model keep up. People have kitchen, stockpile of food and time to do whatever they like, far less waste, far less packaging. Oh BTW this was an ancient known scam in Europe: in the past schools have internal kitchen, then they was told to externalize to make anything more efficient. As a result food quality have dropped, costs ans waste and packaging use skyrocketed.