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The US is massively overpopulated - a 200M US would be far better
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Date: May 6th, 2024 5:37 PM Author: thriller associate dog poop the per capita level of wealth/resources would be astronomical as technology increasingly permits the development of those resources with machines rather than men (eg, GPS-guided tractors which allow one guy to harvest entire fields in a few hours).
but we fucked it up by going with a 'growth' model. whoops. |
Date: May 6th, 2024 5:40 PM Author: Bipolar Gas Station BIG CITIES that arent NY should have like 300k people, and be immediately surrounded by fields and forests
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Date: May 6th, 2024 5:46 PM Author: thriller associate dog poop it would make living in denser cities more pleasant, because countryside/parks would be nearby rather than separated by wave upon wave of 'suburbs.' (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5525817&forum_id=2#47640246) |
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Date: May 6th, 2024 8:50 PM Author: Gay base rigpig This is just Northern California. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5525817&forum_id=2#47640691) |
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Date: May 6th, 2024 5:47 PM Author: Pontificating Center Double Fault (2016 Deagle Report) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5525817&forum_id=2#47640249) |
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Date: May 6th, 2024 5:51 PM Author: beady-eyed bisexual stag film feces The U.S. is mostly a barren wasteland. It could hold a lot more people (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5525817&forum_id=2#47640258) |
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Date: May 6th, 2024 6:06 PM Author: razzle mauve point keepsake machete (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5525817&forum_id=2#47640279) |
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Date: May 6th, 2024 6:15 PM Author: thriller associate dog poop to what end? what does more people beyond a certain point actually DO for society? that point, based on labor needs and the size of the US, is probably somewhere between 150 and 200 million. after that, we start having to slice the proceeds from the land more thinly. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5525817&forum_id=2#47640300) |
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Date: May 6th, 2024 8:49 PM Author: razzle mauve point keepsake machete why not 10 million if we are pulling numbers out of our asses? less is moar. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5525817&forum_id=2#47640688) |
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Date: May 6th, 2024 8:52 PM Author: thriller associate dog poop because that would be too few people to manage and develop the continental resource base contained within the US. we can have balance between things like large cities and still having enough per capita production to afford a high standard of living to normal workers. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5525817&forum_id=2#47640699) |
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Date: May 6th, 2024 5:57 PM Author: Spruce hyperventilating range weed whacker it's not overpopulated per se but it is overpopulated around major metros and it's only getting worse.
it's ridiculous that in a country as large as this there are 10 million people fighting for resources in little 50 mile diameter circles spread across the country.
a complete failure of ingenuity, and infrastructure planning.
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Date: May 6th, 2024 6:07 PM Author: razzle mauve point keepsake machete wfh solves this but ofcourse our rat-faced overlords can't have that (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5525817&forum_id=2#47640280) |
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Date: May 6th, 2024 6:11 PM Author: Sepia messiness (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5525817&forum_id=2#47640290) |
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Date: May 6th, 2024 6:09 PM Author: Cracking Snowy Scourge Upon The Earth it's more like pervasive selfishness ushered in by the boomers.
it's hard to imagine a city like san francisco existing in the 1700s. a bunch of people moving in and people refusing to build to accommodate them. all because the existing people to maximize scarcity. all the worst gc hellscapes like toronto are like this.
we'd do fine with more people if there was a sense of community and common good. with that good, it's all "every man for themself." and of course less men = more to go around. |
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Date: May 6th, 2024 6:12 PM Author: Sepia messiness boomers are scum (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5525817&forum_id=2#47640292) |
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Date: May 6th, 2024 6:16 PM Author: Cracking Snowy Scourge Upon The Earth our last chance is securing the border and waiting for boomers to die. if we actually see population decline and we don't let them import a bunch of browns we might actually see some change. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5525817&forum_id=2#47640304) |
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Date: May 6th, 2024 6:06 PM Author: orange dilemma I almost never drive in rush hour, which is now like 10am-7pm here, but when I do I only think about how dystopian or defeatist all the traffic is.
Anyone alive in the 1800s would be absolutely shocked at this 'progress' of bumper to bumper traffic. The fumes, the concrete, the stress of people almost hitting you a dozen times on each trip.
Traffic is one of the worst ways to 'spend time' - ever. If some guy from the 1800s were here he'd just think, wow i can't believe 200 years later, all of the advancement, and this is how they 'spend time' during their days: in traffic.
its insane.
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Date: May 6th, 2024 6:14 PM Author: dashing persian You have to be from California (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5525817&forum_id=2#47640297) |
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Date: May 6th, 2024 6:21 PM Author: orange dilemma its like this in every major american metro now
take your pick |
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Date: May 6th, 2024 6:37 PM Author: pungent yellow resort (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5525817&forum_id=2#47640344) |
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Date: May 6th, 2024 8:50 PM Author: razzle mauve point keepsake machete people in 1800s had other worries, some way worse than sitting traffic as bad as that is (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5525817&forum_id=2#47640692) |
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Date: May 6th, 2024 8:53 PM Author: beady-eyed bisexual stag film feces This is what happens when you design cities for cars instead of people. It’s so ingrained now that I doubt it ever changes (until cars are replaced by another tech at least) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5525817&forum_id=2#47640702) |