<story><title>Industrial Literacy</title><url>https://rootsofprogress.org/industrial-literacy</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ginko</author><text>If anything that&amp;#x27;s just an argument to move most people(other than those strictly necessary for agriculture) from rural towns into dense cities.</text></item><item><author>reader_mode</author><text>Have you lived in a 1000-2000 people town&amp;#x2F;village without a car ? I did at one point when I was younger - our islands here have plenty of such places.&lt;p&gt;I can&amp;#x27;t see anyone with the ability to drive chose not to in this situation - even the basic things like shopping - there&amp;#x27;s usually one or two small stores arround but getting to a bigger shopping mall was 30km round trip, doctor comes to town ambulance three times per week and if you have a medical emergency you&amp;#x27;re at the mercy of your neighbors or lottery that the ambulance from the closest ER is not busy, taking your children anywhere involves planning bus trips with limited time windows, if they miss a buss to school they are out for the day. And not to mention about 70% of people need it for work.</text></item><item><author>joe_the_user</author><text>The article mixes together some good points, some true but somewhat slanted positions and some highly debatable points. And calls this &amp;quot;literacy&amp;quot;, in analogy to very basic, object things everyone should know. It&amp;#x27;s extremely off-putting.&lt;p&gt;Example of highly debateable position: &amp;quot;That automobiles are a lifeline to people who live in rural areas (almost 20% in the US alone), and who were deeply isolated in the era before the car and the telephone.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Automobile based urbanization has entirely reshaped the landscape of rural America rather than just giving previous here a way to get around. Where I live, once there were small cities, 1000-2000 people in walking distance of each other, dotting the landscape. Now it&amp;#x27;s a carpet of dispersed single family homes. Many debate the value of the landscape - in California, huge level of urban-wildland interface development has rather disastrous consequence, being a significant factor in our massive fires.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>reader_mode</author><text>There are unique opportunities in such small communities and qualities that cannot be replicated in denser urban areas. Once my children grow up I could see myself living there. Suggesting that we shouldn&amp;#x27;t live that way because it nececitaces a car ridiculous.</text></comment>
<story><title>Industrial Literacy</title><url>https://rootsofprogress.org/industrial-literacy</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ginko</author><text>If anything that&amp;#x27;s just an argument to move most people(other than those strictly necessary for agriculture) from rural towns into dense cities.</text></item><item><author>reader_mode</author><text>Have you lived in a 1000-2000 people town&amp;#x2F;village without a car ? I did at one point when I was younger - our islands here have plenty of such places.&lt;p&gt;I can&amp;#x27;t see anyone with the ability to drive chose not to in this situation - even the basic things like shopping - there&amp;#x27;s usually one or two small stores arround but getting to a bigger shopping mall was 30km round trip, doctor comes to town ambulance three times per week and if you have a medical emergency you&amp;#x27;re at the mercy of your neighbors or lottery that the ambulance from the closest ER is not busy, taking your children anywhere involves planning bus trips with limited time windows, if they miss a buss to school they are out for the day. And not to mention about 70% of people need it for work.</text></item><item><author>joe_the_user</author><text>The article mixes together some good points, some true but somewhat slanted positions and some highly debatable points. And calls this &amp;quot;literacy&amp;quot;, in analogy to very basic, object things everyone should know. It&amp;#x27;s extremely off-putting.&lt;p&gt;Example of highly debateable position: &amp;quot;That automobiles are a lifeline to people who live in rural areas (almost 20% in the US alone), and who were deeply isolated in the era before the car and the telephone.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Automobile based urbanization has entirely reshaped the landscape of rural America rather than just giving previous here a way to get around. Where I live, once there were small cities, 1000-2000 people in walking distance of each other, dotting the landscape. Now it&amp;#x27;s a carpet of dispersed single family homes. Many debate the value of the landscape - in California, huge level of urban-wildland interface development has rather disastrous consequence, being a significant factor in our massive fires.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>adrianN</author><text>Where &amp;quot;dense city&amp;quot; is still a pretty small town. A five digit population can easily support a hospital, a school, a train station and other basic necessities of life (e.g. jobs that don&amp;#x27;t require commuting to the next urban core).</text></comment>