One of the paradoxes of car-dependence is that it creates a strong incentive for economic stagnation
"security" for raising family, wildly high crime rates, ruined schools--you're only talking about America here, t. diversity
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the suburban dynamic in USA is wildly exaggerated by the demographics of the country--compare w Japanese suburbs
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Japanese people still want to live away from the city, have some peace & quiet and more space, etc...
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...but aren't fleeing sky-high crime rates or ruined schools--nor are they seeking "security" for raising a family
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Japanese suburbs--being less dense than their cities--are to the same extent more car-friendly...but they're not car-ONLY
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True, but transit/infrastructure systems (like real estate itself) is 100% dependent on the demographic fate of an area
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yes--so in a much more homogenous part of the country, like, say, New England...
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sorry fam they're filling NE with somalis & syrians
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I live here fam "filling" isn't the word I'd use
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if you wanna complain about minorities in New England complain about Puerto Ricans; waaaaay more of them than int'l migrants
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