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Originally Posted by Cowboy89
Yeah but that's the credo of the pro-high density people. Part of their schtick is to point out numerous ways in which their lifestyle is superior and how it's wasteful to allow people those choices. They also like to point out that they are paying higher taxes to afford you that choice. I'd argue that their lifestyles have their own costs which are mostly subsidized by suburbanites, but appearing to be against higher arts funding and albatross pedestrian footbridges would render you open to being called a "rube," and "lacking vision." Not a whole lot of "live and let live" types in that crowd.
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Let me rewrite that from the other side:
"That's the credo of the suburbanites. Part of their schtick is to point out numerous ways in which their lifestyle is superior and how it's essential that city planning never changes to reflect new realities. They also like to point out that it's their god-given right to be subsidized in their lifestyle choice. I'd argue that their lifestyles lead to disconnected communities and huge infrastructure costs, but voting against $50 million dollar interchanges and yet more square miles of mall parking lots would render you open to being called a "socialist" and "anti-freedom". Quite a few "I've got mine and screw how it affects the rest of the world" types in that crowd."