Re: High population density is good for bikes

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On Mar 6, 8:31*am, Bolwerk <bolw... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Quote:

Eric Vey wrote:
Martin Edwards wrote:
Pat wrote:
On Mar 5, 11:30 am, Bolwerk <bolw... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
Eric Vey wrote:
Miles Bader wrote:
Pat <gro... (AT) artisticphotography (DOT) us> writes:
Woohoo. *Where I live
You don't count, Pat.
-Miles
One would think that Pat and Jack would want the city slickers to use
less gas. That way the demand would go down and thus the price for
them.
*So I really don't understand their whole line of reasoning.
Pat just seems to like to whine, but Jack apparently thinks transit
systems should be shut down and everybody should be forced to drive.
Therefore, "city slickers" would be using more gas and wasting more
energy. *Then, no one ever accused Jack of making sense.

It's not that I just want to whine, it is that I think that many of
the posts are extraordinarily ego-centric and arogant. *You want to
live in some manner and think that everyone else should live in that
manner too. *There is a feeling of moral snugness and superiority that
is appalling. *But you think that your position somehow gives you the
ability/desire to regulate/legislate the actions of others -- ban
this, outlaw that, do away with that thing over there.

Go live your lives and enjoy them, but don't get snobbish and think
that just because you want to ride a bike and live in a high density
environment and eat bean sprouts and sing coombyya that everyone else
wants to.

Go sell your car. *Go buy a parking ramp and tear it down so you can
build an empire on organic gardening. *Fool yourself into thinking
electricity is clean. *Go ahead and do it. *Just stop the foolishness
of thinking that what you like is what everyone likes.

I do not have a bike, and, living among Jamaicans, I pronounce "Com by
eya" properly. *I am not a vegetarian or a teetotaller, though I must
confess to a lack of interest in sport. *I do not want cars abolished,
even in cities. *I do not propose a light rail line for Ellsworth,
Kansas. *I am a public transport supporter.

Now you've done it. You are not allowed to challenge the stereotypes. If
you do, they will just call you a loon and pretend you didn't say
anything of importance. These guys know it all and they certainly have
their stereotypes down.

Heh.

Last time I saw Pat troll here (misc.transport.urban-tranist), he was on
about how city folk aren't "real people."- Hide quoted text -

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I'm reading this through alt.planning.urban If you don't want my
responses, simply don't cross-post to here.

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