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The interesting thing about these urban threads is that they generally view cities almost as deities with the idea that people are coming from all over to share in the "worship" of the city.
I know that's wierd that people would prefer cities in an urban planning forum? What's up with that? They should be talking about small towns and about cakes that are attractive but inedible and maybe about guns and how much people love puppies.
Shockingly, I have noticed this for more and more economically hurting cities. Rising house costs in CA and middle class and jobs dying have lead cities like Modesto, Lodi, and Stockton to have parts of the city which are bedroom communities to far off cities. Just recently I noticed this in a nearby city. The whole south side of the town has become a giant burb to a small city 50 minutes south. The desire to own a home has caused people to be willing to live that far from work to live in a more affordable community. The remaining industry in the nearby city is agriculture, medical, and some manufacturing firms that have been here since the 90s. These cities also tend to have higher water uses too.
We can't stop people from living that far from where they work, but I fear in the end it will mean higher gas prices and less water for us all to support ex-urbanism in dying cities.
High gas prices and congested roads are not the problem, they are the solution.
Our planet simply cannot sustain the utterly ridiculous idea that we should be commuting 50 minutes in single occupancy vehicles. It's got to go.
Anything that penalizes inefficient commuting is good in the long run, until our politicians stop being so incompetent and apathetic, and actually do something serious about carbon emissions, like, oh I don't know, stop subsidizing fossil fuels more than renewables?
Until then, high gas prices and traffic snarls are necessary as a disincentive against long commutes.
High gas prices and congested roads are not the problem, they are the solution.
Our planet simply cannot sustain the utterly ridiculous idea that we should be commuting 50 minutes in single occupancy vehicles. It's got to go.
Anything that penalizes inefficient commuting is good in the long run, until our politicians stop being so incompetent and apathetic, and actually do something serious about carbon emissions, like, oh I don't know, stop subsidizing fossil fuels more than renewables?
Until then, high gas prices and traffic snarls are necessary as a disincentive against long commutes.
Exactly, the sooner the suburbanite lifestyle becomes economically impossible the better, the development in my area is stupid ridiculous and the kind of people we have moving out here have serious attitude issues. The area was once a small town rural farm area with good farm people replaced with self absorbed botoxed lexus pilots who on more than one occasion have stated they "enjoy living here, away from the ni**ers"
High gas prices and congested roads are not the problem, they are the solution.
Our planet simply cannot sustain the utterly ridiculous idea that we should be commuting 50 minutes in single occupancy vehicles. It's got to go.
Anything that penalizes inefficient commuting is good in the long run, until our politicians stop being so incompetent and apathetic, and actually do something serious about carbon emissions, like, oh I don't know, stop subsidizing fossil fuels more than renewables?
Until then, high gas prices and traffic snarls are necessary as a disincentive against long commutes.
Meanwhile the perverse "environmentalism" that deems a swamp nearer to the downtown cannot be filled in, or a hillside nearer to the downtown terraced for housing, has only made matters worse, as those in search of homes go further and further out....
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