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I certainly agree with the idea that a fairly large amount of private indoor/outdoor space is conducive to happiness and mental health. The tendency of central
by afafsd 12y ago
I certainly agree with the idea that a fairly large amount of private indoor/outdoor space is conducive to happiness and mental health. The tendency of central planners to want everybody to live in a small space and commute by public transport in the name of "efficiency" and "the environment" is depressing. Let's all have half an acre of land, a nice car, and a properly planned road system so we can all get from A to B without running into too much traffic. (Of course you'd want walkable town/city centres as well.)
I don't think we need to centrally plan our society to make people happy, we just have to stop getting in the way of letting people have what they want.
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- mangodrunk 12y agoWhat you're proposing is the status quo, which leads to environmentally and economically bad situations. You're basically describing the false claims of suburbia. Giving everyone a half acre, a car, and the infrastructure to support that would cause deforestation and a lot of pollution. Not to mention the encroachment on the habitats of many animals already under stress due to loss of habitat. I'm sorry, but a backyard (with the noise of your neighbor mowing their lawn, blowing leaves, etc) is not similar to being in a remote area with a great view. As with suburbia, this research seems rather outdated.