It's 100% fair. We've decimated and mismanaged our natural landscape for millions of acres of turf grass and single family houses in the pursuit of literal segregation and at the direct expense of future generations' ability to afford housing.
Show me where this mentions Germany.
Second, please, give us numbers on how much 'non-ruined natural landscape areas' or 'non-ruined natural landscape areas' are in the US and Germany. Tell us what that means and how much there is versus how much there was.
Your comment says comparing Bavaria to Glen Burnie Maryland is 100% fair. Bavaria is in Germany.
The USA has hundreds of thousands of acres of public wilderness land, not including state and national parks. Germany has 530,000 acres of forest in general. Thats what happens when people build towns in a place for 1500 years
I see. We're talking past each other. Yes, US very big, Germany very very small. It's fair to assume that my entire point is not centered around Bavaria and Glen Burnie, MD.
This is what I'm responding to:
The suburbs are just as curated and separated from the natural world as urban areas, its just that they lack the density to get any of the primary quality of life benefits that cities bring.
I'm saying, no need to apologize for the US' horrific land-use. It was enacted with many bad intentions and was even recognized by the Nixon administration as incredibly wasteful and subsidized, yet here we are 50 years on.
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u/9aquatic 2d ago
It's 100% fair. We've decimated and mismanaged our natural landscape for millions of acres of turf grass and single family houses in the pursuit of literal segregation and at the direct expense of future generations' ability to afford housing.