As cities grow in size, the poor 'get nothing at all': study
For those concerned about the potential of climate change to severely harm our society, income inequality, particularly as it relates to housing, should be front-and-center in our list of things to address.<p>Why? People need to get to work, so they drive. Two hour commutes in carbon-spewing cars happen because people can&#x27;t afford to live near their work.<p>In many cities, people have been pushed further and further away from the city core because of high housing costs. This leads to more and more driving. It&#x27;s not like driving is a choice, either. It&#x27;s easy to say &quot;stop driving so much, you&#x27;re destroying the planet!&quot; But, people have bills to pay, mouths to feed. So they drive (long distances) to work.<p>Housing inequality, income inequality, transit inequality. These things are a major problem directly related to climate change. By addressing these things head on, we can make the world much safer, in terms of climate change, and much <i>better</i>, in terms of actual quality of life for the majority of people living and&#x2F;or working in cities.