There are areas of many cities that are a problem. There are also plenty of people living in those same cities and doing OK. Yes, crime is higher, when you get more people closer together... but if we would fix our economic policy and allow fewer of those people to be poor, the problem would solve itself.
If you're some kind of moron with low self-esteem, maybe. All I ask is that you pay your fair share for pollution and resources used by a car, which you probably won't be able to afford. Then we'll see who's the loser.
No, I haven't tried to do any of those things in a small car. Nor would I -- I'd rent a truck. What percentage of your driving would you say you're doing any of those things. Yeah, I thought so.
It simply isn't true. Living together in large cities is the more efficient manner. Even counting heating and cooling, with a smaller surface area of buildings exposed to the elements, is a significant difference. Can you cite any of this?
THANK YOU! It's the case in most places (maybe not right downtown, but not that far away). What people are not saying is that they can't afford a huge space living in a city... which is fine. You know you have to pay to air condition that space, to fill it up with stuff, etc. How many rooms can one occupy at one time?
This is totally bullshit. There are parks all over most cities, and you can easily rent a car to get out of town for ONE day (or maybe even take a train). Which one makes more sense, living near the stuff you need to do EVERY DAY and having to travel for a vacation, or moving somewhere you consider to be a vacation and have to travel to the stuff you need to do EVERY DAY?
The other idea that people get fat living is cities is nuts. You WALK in a city to most of the things you want to do. You're up and down the stairs on subways and buses. Apparently you never lived in a city?
I would prefer to stop subsidizing assholes like you who want what they want when they want it. Rural areas are much more of a drain on the government resources of an area than cities are. Why should I have to pay for your sociopathy?
I own a minivan that's not particularly good on gas. I almost never drive it, except when I'm either transporting a number of people or heavy objects. For me, that means for my use pattern (little more than "hobby" driving), I don't really care what gas costs.
Most of the "safety" issue is overblown. People have kids in NYC and they're not getting abducted every 10 seconds. People in the suburbs have invented most of this crime from watching too much TV news.
Because there is no way to create an efficient transit system doing that, meaning everyone needs to drive to everything. That's the way it is now, essentially, and it's pretty fucked up.
So you want to live far apart from other people and want to do it, presumably, without paying the costs. Sorry, can't have it both ways.
People have a very screwed up mindset in this country where they refuse to take the bus because they might have to run into "other people," don't talk to their neighbors, and so on. It's not healthy for anyone.
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If you'd taken into account where you'd be working and traveling to when you moved, you wouldn't have that problem.
Yes, it does. I'm talking actual costs (before all the subsidies you receive), not the costs you actually have to pay.
There are areas of many cities that are a problem. There are also plenty of people living in those same cities and doing OK. Yes, crime is higher, when you get more people closer together... but if we would fix our economic policy and allow fewer of those people to be poor, the problem would solve itself.
If you're some kind of moron with low self-esteem, maybe. All I ask is that you pay your fair share for pollution and resources used by a car, which you probably won't be able to afford. Then we'll see who's the loser.
What about smaller housing closer in?
Make people pay their fair share for space/resources they consume and I won't worry much over my sales.
No, I haven't tried to do any of those things in a small car. Nor would I -- I'd rent a truck. What percentage of your driving would you say you're doing any of those things. Yeah, I thought so.
People have this idea that low-class people ride the bus and might irritate them if they also were to ride the bus. It's nonsense and elitist.
It simply isn't true. Living together in large cities is the more efficient manner. Even counting heating and cooling, with a smaller surface area of buildings exposed to the elements, is a significant difference. Can you cite any of this?
I don't operate a motor vehicle for the vast vast majority of my daily life.
Well, I certainly know that I did not relocate anyone to a rural section of the country. Are they being held there against their will or something?
That is nonsense and fear mongering. Migrant workers != invasion.
If you can't spell privileged, I think you've got bigger problems than the government knowing where you go.
THANK YOU! It's the case in most places (maybe not right downtown, but not that far away). What people are not saying is that they can't afford a huge space living in a city... which is fine. You know you have to pay to air condition that space, to fill it up with stuff, etc. How many rooms can one occupy at one time?
Which you own why?
This is totally bullshit. There are parks all over most cities, and you can easily rent a car to get out of town for ONE day (or maybe even take a train). Which one makes more sense, living near the stuff you need to do EVERY DAY and having to travel for a vacation, or moving somewhere you consider to be a vacation and have to travel to the stuff you need to do EVERY DAY?
The other idea that people get fat living is cities is nuts. You WALK in a city to most of the things you want to do. You're up and down the stairs on subways and buses. Apparently you never lived in a city?
Why should a Hummer get the same tax as a Corolla?
I would prefer to stop subsidizing assholes like you who want what they want when they want it. Rural areas are much more of a drain on the government resources of an area than cities are. Why should I have to pay for your sociopathy?
Maybe you don't need all that shit?
I own a minivan that's not particularly good on gas. I almost never drive it, except when I'm either transporting a number of people or heavy objects. For me, that means for my use pattern (little more than "hobby" driving), I don't really care what gas costs.
Or you could get over yourself and learn how to live with other people.
Right, but it actually costs more, which is why I support taxes like these.
Most of the "safety" issue is overblown. People have kids in NYC and they're not getting abducted every 10 seconds. People in the suburbs have invented most of this crime from watching too much TV news.
Because it pollutes the air and the water and is terribly inefficient? Isn't that COMMON SENSE?
Because there is no way to create an efficient transit system doing that, meaning everyone needs to drive to everything. That's the way it is now, essentially, and it's pretty fucked up.
So you want to live far apart from other people and want to do it, presumably, without paying the costs. Sorry, can't have it both ways.
People have a very screwed up mindset in this country where they refuse to take the bus because they might have to run into "other people," don't talk to their neighbors, and so on. It's not healthy for anyone.