Atlanta: you've figured out your traffic problems!

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Come on. What is wrong with high rise condo buildings? With proper urban planning, one can have large parks in the cities as well where the kids can play.

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Please site an example of one place on earth where this has happened without congestion, pollution, higher crime rate, etc.

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How often do you enjoy your front/back yards? Mowing the grass once a week, wasting water on your lawn or saturating it with fertilizers and herbicides?

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Actually, the new house I just moved into has mostly rocks with a few dessert plants on a drip system. My back yard is currently rocks and dirt, but it has a nice view of the mountain behind my house, so I still enjoy it. Much better, IMHO, than looking at an endless sprawl of concrete and glass towers with clogged streets in between.

 

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"the new house I just moved into has mostly rocks"

That would drive the Pablos of the planet excruciatingly BONKERS!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Oldmoparguy1]

 

[Shaman]

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Come on. What is wrong with high rise condo buildings? With proper urban planning, one can have large parks in the cities as well where the kids can play.

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Please site an example of one place on earth where this has happened without congestion, pollution, higher crime rate, etc.

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How often do you enjoy your front/back yards? Mowing the grass once a week, wasting water on your lawn or saturating it with fertilizers and herbicides?

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Actually, the new house I just moved into has mostly rocks with a few dessert plants on a drip system. My back yard is currently rocks and dirt, but it has a nice view of the mountain behind my house, so I still enjoy it. Much better, IMHO, than looking at an endless sprawl of concrete and glass towers with clogged streets in between.

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Japan seems to be handling it okay.

 

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I'll admit that I am not familiar with the stat's of Japanese large cities, but from what I have seen on TV, congestion is a major problem. Even on the subways as they actually have conductors to shove the people in so they can close the doors. I would highly doubt that pollution and crime are lower in the cities than in other places though.

If someone has more info or fist hand experiance, please chime in.