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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How else are we going to get flyover country to give up their smelly trucks?

They may think twice before rolling coal.

Cause for celebration- I would like to see $10/gas.  I walk and bike nearly everywhere.[/quote]

Have you ever been to the midwest, pp?  Have you ever visited rural America?  
Do you understand that it is not possible for everyone to bike and walk everywhere?
Do you understand that the farmers that grow your food and raise your crops need fuel for their farm equipment?

You are just clueless.  [/quote]

They made dumb decisions about where to live. They chose to live in the middle of nowhere, rather than in a city with access to transit options or bike usage. Their making stupid choices about where they live and being dependent on gasoline in order to get to anywhere isn’t my problem. As for farmers, same question applies - why did they pick a farm out in the middle of nowhere? Dumb, dumb, dumb.  [/quote]

Blue-voting midwesterner here. Your comments are extremely ignorant and insulting. You really think everyone in America should pile into the coastal big cities? You can’t think of any reason for people to want/need to live elsewhere? Did you know that the entire midwest is not exactly the middle of nowhere? I live in Kansas City. Not exactly in the middle of nowhere. Yes, our public transit is severely lacking, and I would love to see that change. I’ve been involved in groups looking for solutions, but a practical solution for this city has simply not been found. But my entire life does not hinge on public transit or walkable stores. I do my best to reduce my carbon footprint.

Yes, I know people in the midwest who have to travel 30 miles to grocery shop. But they typically only have to go once every two weeks. They live quite sustainable lives otherwise, and I would love to see your carbon footprint compared to theirs. 
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I don’t think you understand how massive the carbon footprint is of a fat midwesterner living in a sfh

Even if they had the same sq ft but lived in a multi family in a walkable neighborhood, carbon footprint is massively smaller.

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Your viewpoint is very limited. How do you not realize that it is not feasible for everyone to live in a walkable sky rise? We tried REALLY hard to make it happen. We couldn’t make it work. Just a few of the factors for us…schools, affordability, aging parents nearby, jobs. Not everyone has the same set of circumstances. Maybe stop flying over and try meeting people who don’t live exactly like you.  [/quote]

I get that lots of people have fully bought in to the myth that living out in the country makes you a rugged individualist and inherently more virtuous than a cosmopolitan apartment-dweller, but it's high time that we stop pretending that their lifestyle isn't vastly more destructive than the city-dweller's.[/quote]

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