| > You're right, it's not a theory, it's literally just wrong. Like, obviously so. OK. You're throwing around words like "obviously" without obviously bothering to check them. The commute time for large cities is longer. The average commute time is less for small cities and suburbs. Moreover, the average US commute for small cities (22 minutes according to the ACS) is faster than in ANY large US or European city. In particular, commute time in NYC is 37 minutes. > Consider sanitation: why don't we have this in the suburbs? Just sigh. > Yes, there is obviously more friction to getting stuff done, but the amount of stuff you need to get done to impact the same people is orders of magnitude less. The cost ends up being much, much, much lower. This only works if you're comparing like and like though. Have you ever deigned to actually verify your claims? Just to give you a hint, building a mile of subway in NYC now costs more than 1500 miles of 6-lane freeway. You clearly have never actually looked into the subject in question, and you're just repeating whatever sounds right. |