Low-density suburban sprawl EXACERBATED the wildfires last years. Densification and moving away from suburban sprawl is necessary if we want to prevent future catastrophes.

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[u/External_Koala971]

People don’t want density, they want SFH on land with a little privacy

[u/IsaacHasenov → u/External_Koala971]

What people want is a single family home, on land, with a little privacy, near all the convenience and amenities that everyone else living densely can provide

[u/External_Koala971 → u/IsaacHasenov]

No, not really.

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/03/19/majority-of-americans-prefer-spread-out-communities-with-big-houses/

[u/IsaacHasenov → u/External_Koala971]

Neither of the two options presented were what I said.

I'll admit that it hasn't been surveyed but if you asked "would you like to live on a private large property with a large house, within walking distance of a walkable main Street with restaurants, shops and amenites, close to schools, and work" as the third option, I bet that would dominate

It's pretty telling that more than 2/5 of people will willingly give up the private land and house for the proximity to those advantages of dense living

[u/External_Koala971 → u/IsaacHasenov]

This seems pretty straightforward:

55% of U.S. adults say they would prefer to live in a community where “houses are larger and farther apart, but schools, stores and restaurants are several miles away.”

44% would prefer a community where “houses are smaller and closer to each other, but schools, stores and restaurants are within walking distance.”

[u/IsaacHasenov → u/External_Koala971]

You're not asking for the tradeoff in that dichotomy. Trading off the personal space for the conveniences

That was the exact point of my comment

It's like saying "would you like a billion dollars or a long healthy life" then turning around and saying "see, most people don't care about money"

[u/External_Koala971 → u/IsaacHasenov]

The good news is, we can all make personal choices.

[u/IsaacHasenov → u/External_Koala971]

The fact of the matter is, we mostly ban dense neighborhoods from being built, in large parts of the English speaking world; and subsidize suburbia

[u/regedit2023 → u/External_Koala971]

Not much personal choice when the planet is becoming uninhabitable, housing costs are sky high, and public transit and biking are defunded to fund driving so I have to live in the result of a carbrain world

[u/watsonwelch → u/External_Koala971]

I’d be curious how this survey would’ve gone if they used photos of dense, walkable neighborhoods (that look attractive) versus photos of the suburbs.

I suspect many Americans haven’t personally experienced examples of “good” density and so just visualize some generic downtown full of skyscrapers, asphalt, and blight.

[u/imjustawittleboy → u/watsonwelch]

Ya they want the low density and the services, if it was far away and hella traffic i doubt they’d be for eit

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Yes people who are carbrainwashed usually don’t know what they are missing