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[meme] How would you rather see this land developed? (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Really the only argument against tight packed cities is "I don't like people".

I'm sorry, but that's a really great fucking argument. I don't like people. I don't want to share walls with people. I want a quiet, private, green space to live in without the density porn half of this thread is fellating (and a significant number are also condemning).

Dense cities are uninhabitable to me, and I can say it from experience - having lived in cities having from 1-10m people including NYC, and including not owning a car and being fully dependent on public transit. The city life was always worse in every way than living in the suburbs. In the suburbs, it's easier to get groceries, it's easier to enjoy nature, it's easier to go to the gym, or get to work. Everything about living in the city was harder, shittier, and more expensive.