[Workaccount2]

>Some of us want to own some land and not be butted up right against their neighbor. Or have to hear the person next door fucking their spouse or blasting loud music. No thanks.

Just about everyone is like this, and hence why housing is such a nightmare situation.

"I want a nice home that is situated in a relaxing quiet personal space, that is a short commute from my well paying job, and an even shorter drive to restaurants and entertainment" - 90% of people

[njarboe]

So maybe we try to create more of that type of living space?

[freeone3000]

To support a business (as employees or patrons), there needs to be a certain amount of people visiting. This number doesn’t evenly fit into a 1mi radius if everyone is on a 0.25-acre lot. So the radius expands, which means you can no longer walk; but public transit follows similar rules to businesses, there needs to be a certain ridership to make it make sense, which means we’re now primarily using personal transportation. Which is fine, bikes are fine, but we both know it’s going to be cars. Which means parking at both ends, inflating the distances further… so it’s a 15-minute-drive instead of a 5-minute walk to the nearest grocery store because the density just is not there.

You can’t make something that’s far away from other people and yet close to the things that need people to continue existing.

[njarboe]

Self driving cars and cheap tunnels can solve this. Hopefully that happens some days. People are working on both (a lot less on cheap tunnels).

[Workaccount2]

Yes, we should, but it's incredibly hard to get people (and employers) to move to some place that isn't established. And usually the locations where there is establishment have a good reason that they were located there and not where you are trying to move it to.

[whalesalad]

remote work is a thing

[Workaccount2]

...for a minority of workers. Even hybrid is a minority too.