The use of the term "justice" has been abused to an infinite degree. Forget Plato and his insight into justice we now have justice applied to any politically correct whim. Consider the UCLA Prof who hates suburbs and wants to extend high density housing everywhere. She notes in Nature:
In the United States, we perfected this modern atrocity and exported it. As a result, cities around the world have large carbon footprints, long commute times, high infrastructure costs and problems with traffic congestion. Many residents have high rates of social isolation and health problems related to a lack of exercise. Suburban sprawl contributes to a housing crisis that sees a lack of affordable homes for workers in many desirable cities. Because a finite supply of precious land is being gobbled up by residential developments of one house per plot, the opportunity is lost to build cities with the qualities that most people want: walkable, mixed use, diverse and affordable. But even US suburbs are not beyond redemption. Over the past two decades, my colleagues and I at cityLAB, my urban-design research centre at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), have been finding and implementing solutions to the suburban sprawl of southern California, as I describe in my 2023 book, Architectures of Spatial Justice.
Yes, Spatial Justice indeed. Now some facts:
1. The suburbs frequently have dense foliage, trees and plants, which the city does not. My home has well over 100 trees collecting massive amounts of CO2. Also I have little grass and an electric lawnmower. I am hardly woke but love plants.
2. Long commutes! Many people cannot afford to live next to their place of employment nor can they afford the cost of moving each time they change jobs due to economic factors driven by the Government. That is the trouble with tenured faculty. They live in Cambridge and cycle to the university and thinks everyone else should do the same. Try working on the docks in Newark, tough cycle.
3. Health problems! Try living in a high density NYC. Yes one walks a great deal but between pollution, crime, drugs etc the health risk is orders of magnitude higher.
Overall the pompous academics, this one from California, show no understanding of reality.
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