• CyanFen@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    What about the adverse mental and physiological health effects of living in densely populated zones? Pollution (even if cars didn’t exist) in almost every major city is above safe limits for people, let alone the critters that also call cities home.

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      1 year ago

      It’s not the density that is the problem. It’s the cars. If we could reduce car use in these densely-packed cities, we’d find that the air and noise pollution would drop dramatically.

      • oʍʇǝuoǝnu@lemmy.ca
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        1 year ago

        Further, people who live in cities tend to be healthier than those that don’t. Driving everywhere and constantly being in traffic is not good for you mentally or physically.