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Originally Posted by flamesfever
It's the added cars, tree and green space removal (backyards), lowering air quality, increased need for water, upgrading of sewers and water mains, insufferable parking and traffic problems, etc, that ruins the environment. Your old arguments of NIMBY-ism and racism is misleading and getting tiresome.
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Proper densification actually reduces the need for cars, is more efficient, and better for the environment than detached homes. Building new suburbs requires way more infrastructure, creates more traffic, and needs more resources. From an overall environmental impact angle there is no argument that more detached houses in outlying suburbs is better. It’s like arguing giving everyone a car instead of having mass transit is better.