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Environment & Energy

Scrivener7

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1. LOL! Good luck with this here. To realize a reduction in car use, you have to have more

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Sat Apr 11, 2026, 10:10 AM

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population density to make public transportation and walkable shopping a possibility. That means apartments.

I live in an apartment in a walkable town and I love it. But my past conversations here about the need for more density to benefit the environment have been met by a really crazy bunch of objections including bonkers - and rude!- objections to apartment living. For example, knowing that I live in an apartment, one DUer told me he'd rather live out of a shopping cart.

It's really a blind spot here based on some nutty notions.

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'A Lot Of Americans Aren't Sold On This Whole Car-Centric Life Thing After All' [View all] sop Saturday OP

LOL! Good luck with this here. To realize a reduction in car use, you have to have more Scrivener7 Saturday #1

I live in a lovely apartment in West Palm, facing the intracoastal. At almost 86 there are few places I really need to SheilaAnn Saturday #3

First priorities are semi-walkable cities and commuter trains, metro and trams thought crime 13 hrs ago #6

Yes. I have a car but walk most places. Groceries, restaurants, many doctors, library and small "everything store" are Scrivener7 9 hrs ago #7

Cars are dangerous, costly, inefficient, and take up so much landscape Martin Eden Saturday #2

I live in a rural area with no busses or trains MichMan Sunday #4

Maximum efficiency does not mean zero personal vehicles Martin Eden Sunday #5