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Everyone loves the idea of super duper dense housing until they actually have to live there.
I love it. My entire life I lived in the country and suburbia. I have lived in a city the last few years, I can bike most places, take transit to the rest of them, I rent a car share when I want one(I don't own one), and I have 4 grocery stores within a 5 minute walk.
I can also bike most places and there's a bus stop 10 meters away from my house. I don't need to rent a car because I can afford one from not spending 90% of my income on housing :D
That sounds dope. Ha, I'll agree my housing isn't cheap and I miss having my own shop, but the community machine shop is better stocked then mine ever was. I can afford a car, I'm just trying to live without one. I will never miss a daily commute in a car.
Great, don't live there then. More super dense housing for me!
You live in the city. You sleep in your home. This is what suburbanites don't understand. When you actually live someplace where there are things to do, the idea of wanting a bunch of extra air to lord over starts to feel a little bit silly.
How arrogant lmao. Typical city rat who thinks nothing happens outside of their concrete hellscape. You know nothing about where I live.
There's plenty of things I can do here with the added bonus of not having to deal with shit neighbors.