Comment on America’s Commute to Work Is Getting Longer and Longer

• GBU_28@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Cities != Sprawl

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  • Moneo@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The point is that we already have tons of cities that are way too sprawly. Adding more cities is way harder than retrofitting the ones we have.

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    • GBU_28@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      How would building a modern city in an open plain be harder than retrofitting a century (or more) old city, wrt transit, zoning, ecological concerns, etc?

      I’m not saying it’s trivial to build a city. I’m saying a modern city does not jeed to work around the many many layers of complexity and existing city brings

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      • Nemo@midwest.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        But expanding into agricultural areas instead of making current living spaces denser or better is the definition of sprawl.

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