Reply #16: No, there are no quick fixes.

[politicat]

Even building alternative transportation systems isn't going to work quickly. We're trying to get a Chicago style rail system (the rails are there, and mostly unused) and it's going to take 12 years to implement fully....

One of the counties we live in (we have 2 houses) is really good about controlling sprawl; the other is contributing to it as fast as the Board of Supervisors can meet. (This in a county that can't afford the water for all those new houses...) In both communities, we live in infill housing... and can't sell either one of the houses. People want new, new, new.... because they're consuming sheep.... *sigh* /rant off.... Sorry about that... tired of paying two mortgages...

Of course, we need to really be addressing the population problem, too... the third and fourth kids aren't helping matters.

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