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Cars seem to live in a special category in peoples minds where the costs simply do not exist, and thus the problems can be solved by simply throwing infinitely more resources and s…

> Public transit needs a lot of money and time Public transport is far, far more cost effective than car infrastructure. And that's just direct costs - not even including the cost …

People are products of their environment. What purpose is served by being judgemental and separating people into deserving/non-deserving baskets? Everybody should have a right to h…

The concept of a business can only exist within the context of a myriad of laws (property law, contract law, etc) all of which require violent enforcement or the threat thereof, ie…

> You can't have free markets without personal liberty I literally just explained why the exact opposite is true. Not a proactive conversation if you’re not going to engage at all …

Good example of how ideology (and motivated reasoning) really clouds people's thinking. Personal liberty and free markets are in direct conflict with each other. Free markets requi…

Uh huh honey. Newsflash: Most people are doing their jobs because they have to to get by, and don’t have the choice to work on socially-useful-but-not-lucrative stuff.

What are you talking about? It will have overwhelmingly strongly positive effects, while also raising revenue to fund stuff like more transit. Congestion charging is great and ever…

You’ve never heard of public housing?

How much do you think supply needs to increase in Australia to bring homelessness to zero?

Are you actually living in Australia? Because nobody here would describe it as having an extensive public housing program. Your own source says that public housing is a small perce…

But it’s not just the block sizes, it’s also the streets. Often Western Sydney streets have no trees at all (and even no footpaths)

From wikipedia: > Cycling is increasingly popular in New York City; in 2018 there were approximately 510,000 daily bike trips, compared with 170,000 daily bike trips in 2005.[2][3]…

New York City, for one. Heavily used transit, and in recent years much improved bike lanes, and a v successful bikeshare scheme. I highly recommend reading about Janette Sadik-Khan…

That is not how it works. What people want is a function of the choices available. When the government builds a ton of car roads, people want cars. When they build great rail, bike…

I currently work from home, but with occasional (completely unforced) days in the (open plan) office. I’ve found I detest the noise of the open plan office so much that I end up us…

Low density doesn’t = nature, it equals car-dominant sprawl, which is what creates the pollution and noise you mention. Cities aren’t loud, cars are loud.

Pure ideology.

Melbourne has a lot of cars but the air quality is nonetheless good by world standards. The roads are car-dominated and not very friendly to bike on. There are a few bike trails wh…

One thing I did not appreciate until I got an electric cargo bike is how they are faster than cars for typical city journeys if there’s any level of traffic. I live in a city of 5 …

No such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing. Bike ponchos are a game changer for dealing with rain. I actively enjoy biking in bad weather. And my kid/dog sit nice and dry unde…

I get most of my grocery shopping delivered, or I go to the supermarket in my cargo bike, dump it all in the front, and ride home. You really don't need a car for this stuff at all…

> Because you're not developing against a schema, you can, for example, retool a feature and its data quickly without having to stress about migrations. A big advantage for a start…

That's exactly what I'm saying, yes.