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Or overpopulated cities. Cities can be too large.
by ipaddr 3y ago
Or overpopulated cities. Cities can be too large.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> Or overpopulated cities. Cities can be too large. There is zero evidence any city in America is even close to this point. We're still on the beneficial end of densification: marginal increases in density improve outcomes on practically every metric.
- pishpash 3y agoWhat evidence do you need? NYC and Boston smelling like sewer in the summer is enough for me.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> What evidence do you need? NYC and Boston smelling like sewer in the summer is enough for me Case in point: the densest parts of Manhattan don't smell. (Minus trash days.) Neither do Paris, Tokyo or Seoul.
- pishpash 3y agoThat's olfactory adaptation.
- brewdad 3y agoGood thing that farm near my subdivision growing up never smelled. That would have been awful. Hint: It did smell. Every spring and a few other times each summer.
- ipaddr 3y agoZero evidence noise pollution affects health?
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> Zero evidence noise pollution affects health? Zero evidence noise pollution is an unavoidable consequence of density. Plenty of New York apartments have better acoustic isolation than the average suburban dwelling. (If anything, as buildings get higher the problem gets simpler.)
- dublinben 3y agoCities aren’t loud, cars are loud. Noise pollution is a real problem, but most people aren’t willing to do anything about it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTV-wwszGw8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTV-wwszGw8
- ryandrake 3y ago> Cities aren’t loud I'd like you to meet my neighbors (both above and below) from the last time I was unfortunate enough to have to live in an apartment.