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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: 3, Interesting) by Phoenix666 on Friday July 10 2015, @01:36PM
I find that people in the city have a remarkable ability to live inside their own bubble. Having not grown up in the city I often find the degree to which they can do that dismaying. It often expresses itself through tribalism. People from one group have no regard for people from every other group. They often adopt a victim mentality wherein every other group is "out to get them." So their own misbehavior escalates to "get back at them." It can be a challenge to keep your equanimity when encountering such people.
But, no, living in a city is no barrier to listen to yourself think.
Washington DC delenda est.