Another thread reminded me to return to this radio show.
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I have to disagree with his anti-freeway attitude. He treated the traffic nightmare that would result from the removal of I-345 as a non-issue.
The examples he used of freeway removals were San Francisco, which was a short spur and not a through freeway, and New York CIty, which was a comlete traffic nightmare before and after the poorly designed freeway collapsed.
However, I do agree with most of his points regarding transit, and wish transit served the area I live in.
The more that I think about his spaghetti street comments, the more I agree. The streets in the area I live in are spaghetti streets, and it would probably be difficult for me to get to a bus if my area were served by busses. Spaghetti streets in an unfamiliar area are annoying.
As far as single family homes, there are other positives he didn't mention: not living below or next to noisy neighbors, listening to loud music without annoying the neighbors, having a guaranteed place to park, having a garage (which my stepdad uses as a man cave), a yard for pets, etc. Newer single family homes are usually larger, and fires are much less likely to spread from home to home (thinking about the apartment fire in LA worries me).
The idea of carrying groceries home doesn't sound fun at all.
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As for myself, I'm starting to think that maybe urban living would be better for me. I don't have a car and rarely get to drive, which means I rarely get to go anywhere except my campus. I have a bike, but many places are inconvenient by bike and the weather isn't always good. I'm sure my opinion would be different if I had a car or had access to transit in my suburb, though.