idio3
10mo ago
There's three separate issues presented there. Automobiles and their radical and very successful destruction of public transport and creation of absolutely massive parking infrastructure - all as part of a concerted effort by relevant industries to lobby for these changes. The hysteria refers to white flight, which started on its own but was considerably aggravated by highly destructive bussing policies within urban areas.
Obviously each one of these could have their very own post written about them.
idio3
10mo ago
Do you want suburban housing demolished and larger capacity units built instead?
That would be ideal. Larger capacity also fixes the mass transit problem, as denser areas are much easier and more cost-effective to connect.
I don't see how an extra hour of free time per week per household would change anything in the grand calculus of life.
As part of a grand realignment it would actually be quite significant. Keep in mind that commute would also significantly decrease (denser, closer, better transit, etc) and public spaces would improve.
idio3
1yr ago
But I really don't want to tie it to upvotes; we don't want to encourage people to pander to upvotes even further, y'know?
We fixed this on rdrama in a fairly trivial manner - make both upvotes and downvotes give dramacoin.
Here's the key phrase here. I'm specifically seething about the ones in more urban areas. What people do in the middle of nowhere concerns me very little. I in fact sympathise (at least to an extent) with people that prefer more rural living.
Not to go into meta-linguistics, but it's just a shorthand for an annoying, pedantic, and pushy person. All words carry some sort of an origin, but worrying about that sort of thing is just limiting your own ability to express yourself.
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