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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

niyad

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1. a year or so ago, I was watching a documentary "designing healthy communities"

Reply to jambo101 (Original post)

Tue May 14, 2013, 10:24 AM

May 2013

one of the things it discussed was the fact that separating where we live from where we work (suburbs, industrial parks, etc) is simply not normal, or rational. leads to the long commutes, the tremendous reliance on oil, contributes to the national epidemic of obesity, a disconnect at so many levels.

http://designinghealthycommunities.org/

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The daily commute,You gotta be kidding. [View all] jambo101 May 2013 OP

a year or so ago, I was watching a documentary "designing healthy communities" niyad May 2013 #1

You're very fortunate. Sometimes people buy a home near work, only to have the business fold. . . Journeyman May 2013 #2

That's a common misconception about applied happiness. DetlefK May 2013 #3

I believe in the neighborhood concept and have always BlueToTheBone May 2013 #4

having done the 2 hours daily commute for years, it's not as bad as it sounds unblock May 2013 #5

Back in the day, mill workers worked twelve-hour days KamaAina May 2013 #6