For the love of God, please craft hobbies and an appreciation for life beyond abstract “utility” maximization. These freaks are so hyperalienated from their own existence that they can’t conceive of themselves as anything other than an input. Sorry nerds, you won’t find self-actualization by designing a marginally more addictive ad-software or another tulip bubble. Please stop eating the bugs and look at some art for a fucking change.
A shitton of land is suburban wasteland and all the infrastructure to support it. Turf grass alone takes up 2% of all land in the US (from a quick search) and I imagine the stroads, strip malls, and single family homes with 3+ car garages take up another 3-5%. The problem has always been wasteful and destructive land use rather than scarcity. Imagine all the current suburbs as parks, farmland, or rewilded areas instead of ugly tract homes. I don’t think infinite growth is possible or anything but cities should be looking to Shanghai and Tokyo as a blueprint.
It’s also hilarious to me that NIMBYs are so opposed to any form of urbanization because “muh property value” when the highest property values are in the most urbanized, walkable places.
Bulldoze the suburbs, absolutely.
What NIMBYs are opposed to is their property values going down. They don’t care that the value of a walkable urban forest is vastly higher than their 3bed 2bath 2car suburban box, because they won’t be the owners of that urban property. They’ll be re-proletarianized like the rest of us and rendered without property or investments - a fate worse than death!