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(01-03-2017 12:53 AM)puckerman Wrote:  

(01-02-2017 03:21 PM)Orion Wrote:  

(01-02-2017 12:59 AM)puckerman Wrote:  

I love urban sprawl. It just works.

It doesn't. What you call "works" is a frog about to get cooked that's still in warm water. American urban planners also agree that American urban policy is a complete failure. The only advocates of American model are not urban planners at all, but economists.

You are hoping for this. And what are your sources for these claims? What is the "American model"?

(01-02-2017 03:21 PM)Orion Wrote:  

The highways, and the way they are builtin USA are a huge problem. They ruin environment, knock down property prices wherever they go, promote car ownership and usage instead on relying on greener alternatives, public transport and walking, they expand cities making them essentially without any content apart from shopping malls and parking lots.

Like a lot of people, I had my car before I moved to the big city. And you must hate small towns and people who live in the country. They have more cars than people in the city.

The only time I walked to my job was when I lived in a small town. It was the only time my workplace and home were close enough.

Cities expand because people move there. Do you want something like the Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong? It should be the car-hater's dream. It was about 30,000 people squeezed into an area the size of a few football fields:

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Yes, using a car.

Cars are great. I love having one. I will always have one.

What exactly do car haters want? I have often said there should be a separate country for car haters. They prove me correct time and time again.

Most European cities have similar densities, of the order to 30,000 people/km2, and they are very livable. Hong Kong has higher densities in its urban core though.