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Originally Posted by wodin
Excuse me, but Honolulu IS a "major city", and I live in a "surrounding suburb" of Honolulu. My typical commute is five miles one way, and an electric vehicle would be imminently practical for me.
The truth is that Hawaii was a US territory until 60 years ago, and building codes were nearly nonexistent, and those in place were largely ignored until well into the eighties. There are a very many private homes here where the codes are grandfathered, and the electrical, plumbing and framing are woefully inadequate.
And if I moved, it would probably be to somewhere that had a 20 mile/1 hour commute. How could that save anyting either ecologically or economically?
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Wodin, you're dealing with the "urban island/perfect world" mindset. Non-standard houses, long distances between urban centers, rural needs, are just problems to be glossed over.
In it's most virulent form, it's called the "bubble baby" syndrome. People raised in an affluent urban environment (the 'bubble"), whose idea of travel is go from one urban "bubble" to the airport; fly to another city, then take a cab to another affluent urban environment. (Or to a "resort area" with all the urban amenities.) The rest of the area they bypass is "flyover country" of benighted people who just don't get it - if they did, they go live in the "urban island/perfect world" like everybody else...