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Population density, when done right, is a great tool to make people happier, give them more opportunities (social, economic, cultural, etc) and reduce their environmental footprint. A big part of it is that you can reduce the amount of pollution caused by transportation and housing, the two biggest resource sinks, with walkable neighborhoods and mass transit, as well as smaller dwellings (but the city becomes your living room and playground, so the actual "living area" can be much larger than for those living in some exurb in a McMansion...).
Design makes all the difference. Central Park is designed such that tens of thousands of people can be in it at once, but you never see more than a score. Nanjing Road in Shanghai is, however, Blade Runner. Or are there only two kinds, Country Mouse and City Mouse?
Original Submission
(Score: 4, Interesting) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Friday July 10 2015, @06:31AM
All of the new construction takes place where the busses dont run, and the locals wont vote to fund public transit because they drive cars.
Oregon wants light rail to run across the Columbia into Vancouver. This led Washington to cut funding for the Columbia River Crossing, which we desperately need. A letter to the editor of The Columbian actually said "You know what happens whenever light rail goes in?"
What? economic development along its path? I can get to work?
County Councilor Don Madore is clearly on the take. He is lampooned by The Columbian every single day but I expect he doesnt read the paper. I dont think he knows how to read.
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(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 10 2015, @07:50AM
"You know what happens whenever light rail goes in?"
I can answer that. The vandals, drug dealers and other nuisances come.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by tibman on Friday July 10 2015, @03:34PM
Because right now every place without light-rail is free of vandalism, drugs, and nuisances.
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