CityPlaceN1
Senior Member
A single family home would be less susceptible to fires compared to an apartment,
Of course fires never hit the suburbs.
"S. California fires destroy hundreds of homes"
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21405632/
A single family home would be less susceptible to fires compared to an apartment,
That is an important point that is generally dismissed. The suburbs are not much more expensive, from a municipal cost side, than urban centers. All one has to do is compare budgets of 905 cities to that of Toronto, the cost/person for relevant expenses, in-light of lower density, does not have much of an effect.
It is logical in times of major upheaval to be able to survive. A large detached home offer many benefits to that end. Being located in less dense areas with an independent HVAC system diminishes the likelihood of disease transmission. A large lot provides can be converted from lawn use to food production. A single family home would be less susceptible to fires compared to an apartment, when we are reduced to burning wood scarps and newspaper for heat.
That's what i like--someone who knows how to think! I appreciate that you know how to form an argument…
I agree that no one should read Kunstler without the awareness that 1) he has been at it a long time, and 2) has made over the top apocalypticism his stock in trade and 3)--most importantly--that "he has been wrong before".
This is basic ‘Shoot The Messenger 101” stuff and not all that interesting.
The larger issue is the belief of some that there is nothing that could ever disturb or disrupt our way of life. Kunstler is an alarmist. I think that’s the point. How else does one get the attention of people hooked not just on oil, but an idiotic optimism?
In the end the question is: What is the particular principle being enacted that definitively proves that the North American way of life is the ONE culture to be immune from the sweep of history?
Those who choose the 'suburban' way of life have considered history. It is logical in times of major upheaval to be able to survive. A large detached home offer many benefits to that end. Being located in less dense areas with an independent HVAC system diminishes the likelihood of disease transmission. A large lot provides can be converted from lawn use to food production. A single family home would be less susceptible to fires compared to an apartment, when we are reduced to burning wood scarps and newspaper for heat.
Maybe suburbia is a product of awareness to some of the issues to which you speak.
In the end the question is: What is the particular principle being enacted that definitively proves that the North American way of life is the ONE culture to be immune from the sweep of history?
Do you have any numbers? I'm curious to see them.
Which would be better?
You need an anchor for a screw. So you walk down to your neighbourhood hardware store, put down a few coins, and walk home.(And you can't get a lone anchor. You have to buy a box of anchors and screws, but you only wanted an lousy anchor!)
Or, hop into your car, drive a few kilometres to the big box store, search the aisles, put down a few coins, and drive home. In the process, you use more gasoline than the item you purchased.
What's worse, is that if you do use transit (because you have a MetroPass) to get to the big box store, the entrance is nowhere near the transit stop. It's 180° around the single story giant building, on the other side. Now imagine, its winter.
The price of oil will fall, much like the real estate market falls, Google stock falls, everything goes up and down. Let's see where the price of oil is in 2012.