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by ohples 1876 days ago
Yet another reason why suburbia is expensive and not sustainable https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVUeqxXwCA0
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> This is where Americans go to vacation then return to their depressingly soul-crushingly dystopian car dependent suburbs

This video probably isn't the best source to build a persuasive argument from.

Yeah, remaking society seems like a just and scaleable solution
You don't have to remake the whole of society. Just stop making more of the bits that don't work.
As simple as that huh? Wonder why that hasn't been tried before.
Ladies and gentlemen I present Sunk Cost Mentality.
Yep, such costs such as the freedom to choose not to live in some utopian urban beehive. Find a better solution.