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Yo, this is Fuck Cars. We're not advocating building Mega City One over here.
No, we're advocating 15 minute neighborhoods, which could be part of a megacity, but don't have to be. We are advocating higher density housing as that is better for everyone including the environment.
I just want my apartment complex to have a community garden man
We want that as well. Reclaim as much of the commons as we can, so that the rich aren't allowed to monetize everything.
I mean I dunno, I think if you actually confined the global human population to that level of extreme density, it might be more environmentally friendly. I'm not quite sure of that really because the portrayals in all of the different kinds of media are so vastly different. Obviously the actual environment itself is kind of a 90's cocaine hellscape, but I dunno. I guess my point is maybe just that I find the architecture of cyberpunk landscapes to really be way too impressive and imaginative for the level of dystopia it's supposed to be. A more cynical vision of humanity is one that's not even capable of large built infrastructure projects, and just covers the earth in asphalt and concrete because they're so consistently chasing short term gains.