It’s the way to build better cities, better homes, and a healthier diet.
Former White House adviser Sebastian Gorka spoke at the recent Conservative Political Action Conference and complained about the Green New Dealers: “They want to take your pickup truck. They want to rebuild your home. They want to take away your hamburgers.” He forgot that we also want to ruin your birthday parties by taking away your balloons.
This is not a new trope. Years ago, Joe Mysak of Bloomberg complained that urbanism was a socialist plot, and complained about people in favour of increasing density and improving transit: