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I don't like to disclose such information on the internet, even if all of our posts are easily indexable and identifiable. I've lived in several cities both EU
by alexeisadeski3 13y ago
I don't like to disclose such information on the internet, even if all of our posts are easily indexable and identifiable.
I've lived in several cities both EU and US.
But my personal experience shouldn't be the driving factor here: I have different preferences from others. Some people love NYC, others hate it. Some love LA, others hate it. (I love both, but couldn't live in either long term)
My point is only that the motion to villainize driving and sprawl is bad. You don't have to like sprawl, but you should allow others to live it should they so choose.
- twelvechairs 13y agoI'm interested because they vary hugely. 'Sprawl' (I don't like the term because it implies it is bad) can be very nice to live in and some of the biggest public transport cities (like London) getting to work can be awful. But the devil is in the detail as they say. There are wider economic questions to be asked too - use of arable land? are restrictive planning laws directing worse economic outcomes? are 'local communities' of social and economic benefit? should we be building housing which isn't the most high-profit kind? IMO careful consideration of these should drive development but it's never done.