Opinion | America's love affair with driving cars has to end

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Americans want bigger houses, farther from schools and shopping — and that's killing the planet, HayesBrown writes for MSNBCDaily.

, a problem with a rather obvious solution at hand — more public transportation.

For others, though, it’s a fear that more multi-family housing will drive down property values, especially if those housing options are actually affordable to people not making enough to buy a home.Much of the concern is just thinly coded racism. As MSNBC columnist Kevin Kruse has written, so much offrom cities and into the protective arms of federal redlining.

The result is a world where cars remain, by far, the dominant mode of transit. And with the world depending on a reduced use of fossil fuels, something has to change in the country that hasI’m not saying that every Pew respondent who wants a bigger house or owns a car is directly exacerbating climate change. What I am saying is that if you’re in favor of traveling farther to things, at least have the decency to back heavy investment in public transportation.

 

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HayesBrown Daily Maybe because living in shithole cities that are overly expensive isn't exactly appealing to most people. Most folks would rather driver several miles to work than live in a shithole like LA.

HayesBrown Daily THAT's killing the planet?

HayesBrown Daily We're stupid. Few care to make minor 'sacrifices' for the greater good. We want what we want even if it turns the world to shiit.

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