suburbia is the most destructive form of habitation. There is a nice
literature on greenbelt cities by Howard, which describes the efficiencies
of linking town and country.
As to backbreaking work -- no -- industrial ag. is backbreaking.
Gardening is not for most people.
You might be interested in John Jevons work. His method shows that an
individual can grow his/her veggies [for a vegetarian diet] in about 20
minutes per day.
On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 10:40:45AM -0400, Doug Henwood wrote:
> Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
>
> >American suburbia is too low-density to be ecologically sound.
> >Cities need multi-family dwellings. Besides, it doesn't have
> >sidewalks. Without cafes, sidewalks, & people-watching, you don't
> >get a feeling of urbanity.
>
> Clearly you're suffering from malignant alienation. We need to reduce
> the human population by 90% and all get back to the land, tilling the
> soil from dawn to dusk, literacy a fading memory, and antibiotics
> too. Backbreaking work and short lives, but at least we'd be rooted
> in soil and place.
>
> Doug
>
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