>Yes, but the city need a far more expensive metro network, surface buses and so on, witch in term of raw materials demand much more than cars and in term of energy demand the same or even more because metros have also stations and even with metros and buses we still need cars and van for a variety of activities, vehicles used for work (like a small Transit for a plumber or an electrician) but also usable for private stuff. The TCO is still not in favor of such model, despite many (from the interested ruling class) claim the inverse...
Source? This says otherwise, especially if you take into account you'll have to do less km in a dense city. If you go by bike it's even less.
>in the middle" you get "free heat" from some apartments underneath and "insulation" from apartments over yours. Again that's true for some, but in TCO terms it's still not favorable for the humanity at a whole, only for some humans.
In an apartment everyone has at least 1, most people 2-3 neighbors and many even 4.
>Just for a personal counter argument: I was living in an apartment from the '60s in a mild climate
You're comparing with a new build house, compare with a new/renovated apartment.
>You need to relocate 40 families for an year instead of putting a small container-home in the garden for two-thee month...
For the most renovations you don't need to move, insulation is added on the outside.
Source? This says otherwise, especially if you take into account you'll have to do less km in a dense city. If you go by bike it's even less.
https://ourworldindata.org/travel-carbon-footprint
>in the middle" you get "free heat" from some apartments underneath and "insulation" from apartments over yours. Again that's true for some, but in TCO terms it's still not favorable for the humanity at a whole, only for some humans.
In an apartment everyone has at least 1, most people 2-3 neighbors and many even 4.
>Just for a personal counter argument: I was living in an apartment from the '60s in a mild climate
You're comparing with a new build house, compare with a new/renovated apartment.
>You need to relocate 40 families for an year instead of putting a small container-home in the garden for two-thee month...
For the most renovations you don't need to move, insulation is added on the outside.