Comments on: The Best Lifestyle Might be the Cheapest Too

By: Coyote

Coyote — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 21:03:44 +0000

Under the trees where nothing grows? Something is growing under those trees: bacteria, worms, lichen, moss, insects, fungi, etc. An unseen universe of growing things supporting the growth of those trees, unlike the totally unnatural lawn your trees hate. All the chemicals taxpayer funded parks and recreation departments pour under trees for the lawns result in weak and short-lived trees, which spread disease throughout the suburbs surrounding them. Go find some forest and see what is growing under the trees. How to kill your trees: cover the area under them with concrete or astroturf.

By: Faze

Faze — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 02:10:17 +0000

On the topic of artificial turf, I saw some samples at a recent home and garden show that were truly lifelike, and not at all like grandpa’s Astroturf. These divots were little works of art, full of natural-looking variation in texture, color and length of leaf. They can even create gradations of density so that it doesn’t end abruptly like a rug when it comes to the edge of your lawn. I’m thinking of getting some for the large areas under the trees where nothing grows.

By: Let It Burn

Let It Burn — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 17:56:02 +0000

Bob Sykes: tl;dr Nazis are Commies. Commies are Progressives. QED.

By: Senexada

Senexada — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 17:03:50 +0000

Urban farming is impractical because it takes more than an acre of farmland to feed each person. Great article on The Problem with Teeny Little Farms.

By: Slovenian Guest

Slovenian Guest — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 16:31:28 +0000

More like prison or a Foxconn factory town.

By: Adar

Adar — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 16:31:15 +0000

They also used to think the high rise “projects” were the solution to the housing “problem”. All those projects gone a long time ago now.

Disaster by the genius urban planners from the start.

By: Lu An Li

Lu An Li — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 16:29:28 +0000

Just make sure someone cleans up the dog and cat mess from the freely roaming animals. You can do it.

By: Isegoria

Isegoria — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 16:26:21 +0000

That sounds like college, Space Nookie.

By: Space Nookie

Space Nookie — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 16:19:29 +0000

Hey, what if everybody lived in multi-story apartment blocks with communal bathrooms and some type of cafeteria eating situation? And what if everybody took public transportation back and forth from their jobs and shopping? Why would they have to shop anyway? Maybe people could live in dormitories that were actually attached to their place of work, and there could be shops and places to eat right in the factory? It all sounds so good.

By: Toddy Cat

Toddy Cat — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 14:50:28 +0000

Well, I don’t know about “Nazi”, but there’s no doubt that there’s a strong authoritarian “eat your spinach, dammit”, big nanny aspect to a lot of New Urbanist plans that I certainly find off-putting.