Paul Graham wrote on this same subject (http://paulgraham.com/cities.html). A bit more anecdotal, but convincing nonetheless.
Why Living in a City Makes You More Innovative
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You are barking at wrong person. I live in Ireland and drive 15 years old car. Also I doubt that large cities are powered by sunshine and rainbow.
I am 'barking' at the person who chooses to live in the burbs. I dont care where you live or what car you drive. Has nothing to do with you.
I still do not get how is large house at suburb related to environment.
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#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
I am 'barking' at the person who chooses to live in the burbs. I dont care where you live or what car you drive. Has nothing to do with you.
I still do not get how is large house at suburb related to environment.
Living in a large house in the suburbs has a far greater environmental impact than living in an apartment in a city by basically any metric you care to measure.
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I am 'barking' at the person who chooses to live in the burbs. I dont care where you live or what car you drive. Has nothing to do with you.
I still do not get how is large house at suburb related to environment.
Sorry, I thought this was common knowledge.
Doesnt large house take more energy to heat? Don't people in the burbs drive more? Just google for 'suburbs environmental impact' you'll get thousands of hits/studies
http://www.nbwctp.org/resources/the_environmental_impact_of_... " if you want to be good to the environment, stay away from it. Move to high-rise apartments surrounded by plenty of concrete. Americans who settle in leafy, low-density suburbs will leave a significantly deeper carbon footprint, it turns out, than Americans who live cheek by jowl in urban towers."
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#27"...in certain very specific areas." I grew up near quite rural areas and a certain level of mechanical innovation was expected. You need to use the power take-off on a tractor to run an irrigation pump temporarily until you can buy a new one? Break out the welder. The snow plow broke beyond reasonable repair? Break out the welder. For further evidence, watch any TV show making fun of rednecks. You'll typically see t…
Amazing what you can accomplish duct-tape, bailing wire and WD-40.
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#28I have City associated mostly with high cost of living and lower life standard. In City I would probably spend 60+ hours/week in office and on commute just to break even. Outside of City a can have big house for my family, spend 3+ hours/day on my hobbies. And even make enough savings for 1 year runway for my startup :-)
What about the environment? What about thousands of people getting killed by our government to acquire energy sources to fuel your house in the burbs?
Just curious - do you ever fly? The environmental cost of flights tends to dwarf living costs in most calculators.
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I still do not get how is large house at suburb related to environment.
Sorry, I thought this was common knowledge. Doesnt large house take more energy to heat? Don't people in the burbs drive more? Just google for 'suburbs environmental impact' you'll get thousands of hits/studies http://www.nbwctp.org/resources/the_environmental_impact_of_... " if you want to be good to the environment, stay away from it. Move to high-rise apartments surrounded by plenty of concrete. Americans who sett…
I still do not think it is true. Money saved on housing and energies would be spend different way (new cars, holidays..).
Prague is like that, most people live at concrete apartments. But they also drive to summer house every weekend and go to holiday four times a year.
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because your comments are off-topic, ignorant, demeaning and churlish
Ignorant how?
Because all you know about him is that he has a house big enough for his family and that he lives in the suburbs. Just because the suburbs vs city has a trend for energy use doesnt mean that he uses more energy than you or even the average city dweller. For all you know, his abode could be 100% solar power and his commute is to his back yard shop where he is pioneering new cellulosic ethanol production methods.