Comment by philwelch
Forcing people into a 19th century standard of living is not good for their well being.
Forcing people into a 19th century standard of living is not good for their well being.
No but living in a world without automobiles absolutely is. I’m sick and tired of this deranged notion that it’s somehow virtuous to deliberately impoverish ourselves by giving up things like cars that, empirically, human beings from every culture rich enough to afford them prefer to use.
Let's not ignore the negative externalities of cars.
Separately: In a small town, it's objectively nicer to have certain areas that are walkable without navigating traffic.
"Walking" is not some outdated concept. Lordy.