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If You Hate Density, Maybe Don’t Live in A City (Oh the Urbanity!) (www.youtube.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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When you argue for housing reform to legalize denser development in our cities, you quickly learn that some people hate density. Like, really hate density, with visceral disgust and contempt for any development pattern that involves buildings being tall or close together.

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Haha well, yeah. You are very much correct. But a problem exacerbated by policies in high density areas.

My city is squeezing out private vehicles and giving priority to public transportation; especially downtown. You know, doing a lot of what you guys in this community advocate. A main road into the city installed 2 more signals and closed an adjacent road to through traffic. I have spent 4 light cycles to cross an intersection because of backups and average 3mph.

Some people here will see this as a win, but that was my business to support my family; now it is not. I simply can't bring tools and supplies on a bus.