Yes. Very much so and not just for the reason that if we lived with housing patterns/lifestyles more like western europe we'd STILL be an oil exporter 30 years after domestic oil production peaked. If post-WWII development had focused on expanding current cities and building highrise apartments/more multi-household buildings with commercial districts nearby we'd have much less sprawl. Another positive effect would have been no rise of the sunbelt(the northeast corridor dominates politics/culture because building would be focused on expanding of existing cities and no favoring dixie). Also without massive suburban sprawl we'd have more natural land/farmland free(as other posters have pointed out importing corn/wheat would lead us to being embroiled in international... trouble). Also suburbia fosters the conformist anthill mentality which causes alot of our problems here in the US.
One of the dumbest things I have heard all year.
No. My point is actually valid. Suburbia's downsides(too many to name) are far worse than any benefits(seeing green, no poors nearby, ghetto "culture" kept far away).
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