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>> Obviously Strawman has never commuted to work in the Silicon Valley. Untrue. Sorry Cronus, you really don't know what you are talking about. >> As someone who did for years, I can safely say that any suggestion that Silicon
>> Valley's sprawl is a model of sensible development is severely misguided. The
>> notion that things are "Close in time" on those "big freeways" is absolutely
>> laughable. Many people in 'the (sic) Silicon Valley' spend a great time traveling to
work - they are the ones that choose to. Some people commute 60 miles to get to
work. I question the wisdom of their doing so, bit it is their choice. The fact
remains that this is one of the few 'cities' in the world where this would be
feasible. >> The fact is that dense urban cores are much more efficient, as long as the
>> people working in the urban core *live* in the urban core. Yes, making people actually live in the factory and never letting them out is
efficient too. But I am interested in improving 'utility', not 'efficiency'. >> Building those big freeways and subsidizing mass transit encourages people
>> to move away from the core. If they make an (unsubsidized) choice to do so, then I don't see the problem
with this.
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