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Why urban density is actually good for us
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this post was submitted on 11 Sep 2023
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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.
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.
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.