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Originally Posted by raisethehammer
fastcars...i think you're missing my point. There is no elitism on the board as far as I can tell.
Would you consider me an elitist if I said "we need less smokers in our society polluting kids in their cars"?
No, it's a fact.
We need better planning and less car-dependant sprawl in our society. That's not elitism, it's a fact.
Check todays Star for a report linking air pollution to heart problems. Anyone on here who doesn't know already, air pollution leads to a whole host of problems.
Why should we ban smokers in restaurants, yet allow people to circle the restaurant with their engines idling?
A lot of this has to do with perspective...the media and society in general has convinced us that living in car dependant suburbs is good and smoking is bad.
The same people who 'choose' to live in these areas never shut-up about the price of gas (which is much lower than it should be in N.America) and yet will sit in a drive-thru to pay $5.00 for a bit of coffee and syrup.
We need to start calling things as they are, and not as the TV tells us they are.
Sprawl is bad in every way imaginable. That's not elitist, but I apologize if it comes across that way.
It's simply the truth.
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People who choose to live in suburban locations do so for any number of reasons, and I cannot stand that you are so judgmental. It is not as if these are evil people.
Some things that people consider appealing about life in the suburbs compared to life in the city:
- home prices tend to be less expensive
- suburbs are quieter
- homes tend to have front yards and backyards and driveways
- homes tend to be new or newer than in the city
- suburbs tend to be closer to nature/ green space
- there are less bums in the suburbs