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Comment by mberning | Hacker News Reader

There is a coordinated effort on HN to tear down and/or just shit on mainstream western amenities. Such as nice homes [1], abundant personal transportation, and even lawn care equipment [2]. It’s pretty ridiculous to see in general, let alone on a site about technology and business.

1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19497422

2. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18523630

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Why would it need to be a co-coordinated effort? I think you will find it is just the prevailing opinion in regards to the future scale and efficiency of humanity. That is something people on HN love to think about so it is no surprise they have come to similar opinions. The facts are dire for the things you mentioned as "western ameneties".

Do I wish that weren't true and that we could all have affordable family homes to live on? Sure, but suburbia doesn't even make sense from a commuting point of view let alone environmental.

why would people need to commute at all?

if people worked from home they could have nice amenities, space, low noise, vehicles to travel elsewhere and useless offices could be converted to something that is more useful.. otherwise people pay a lot of money to rent a space that they don't use fully...

Just because other people disagree with you does not mean there is any coordinated effort.

All you did was list links where people complained on an Internet forum. Where’s the proof of coordination?

This is a place for things that stimulate intellectual curiosity..

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