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That's because adding hospital capacity doesn't create more sick people. Unless your hospital goes around breaking people's kneecaps to make money. Adding high
by light_hue_1 2y ago
That's because adding hospital capacity doesn't create more sick people. Unless your hospital goes around breaking people's kneecaps to make money.
Adding highways creates more traffic by telling developers to put housing in the newly accessible land.
- mcmoor 2y agoPeople around me go less to the doctor/hospital for "small" things, mostly because of perception of how long and expensive one session can be. Sometimes it makes them neglect preventative things. More hospital would induce this demand and make people consult doctor more often.
- s1artibartfast 2y agoI agree, but I think we draw different conclusions. I like both having housing and being treated when I am sick. The point of building and expanding highways isn't to reduce traffic, but enable more people to go places. Zero Highways would mean Zero traffic. a $1000 toll would mean zero traffic.
- AnimalMuppet 2y agoOh, and look, we've got all this demand for housing that isn't being addressed at the moment. Maybe what you're describing is a positive outcome? You can't be "we can't build roads because it will cause houses to be built" and "it's a crisis that nobody can afford a house" at the same time.
- light_hue_1 2y agoThe demand for housing has nothing to do with highways. Highways proscribe a particular way in which to build housing. Low density sprawl. Which results in horrible commutes people hate. We don't need that. We need high density transit. Which results in high quality of life. The reason housing isn't built is because cities abuse zoning laws. It's time for states to take back zoning regulations.
- s1artibartfast 2y agoTo each their own. Most Americans hate high density. I'd rather drive 2 hours than live high density.
- kentonv 2y agoHigh density is awesome right up until you have kids and then it's awful. I think a lot of young people who don't have kids have trouble understanding this. If I had no kids I'd love to live in a downtown high rise apartment. Really wish I had done so when I was younger. Among a lot of things I wish I could go tell my younger self to do...
- s1artibartfast 2y agoYeah, it seems like a huge personality disconnect and critical lack of comprehension that other people simply dont like what they do. Ive spent a lot of time in excellent dense European cities and it still doesnt appeal to me. I dont like going out to bars, crowds, or general city life. I like privacy, having a workshop, chickens, fruit trees, and a garden. I like having a huge kitchen, a pantry, a meat smoker, and hosting dinner parties. I like having room for an off-road vehicle and camping gear. It is hard to keep my eyes from rolling out of my head when someone tells me how much better dense urban living is. I have never met anyone IRL that would happily trade their suburban home for urban life.
- prmoustache 2y agoWell meet me. I hated having to spend hours taking care of a garden instead of going for a bike ride. Also you can have a workshop while having high density. Suburban is probably the worst of both world for me: expensive, impractical and not even quiet/isolated enough for when you need that. I'd rather have a flat in a european city + a small rural house in the middle of nowhere than a house in US suburbia. All this to say that we don't have to agree on what is best for everyone because everyone do not value things the same way.