Originally Posted by
tandempower
No, I wouldn't think of it in terms of emulation. I would think of it in terms of planting more trees and encouraging more use of non-driving modes. When people start to bike and walk around a pleasantly trees area, they automatically come up with other ideas for making life better, such as finding a job within a convenient car-free distance, or having shopping opportunities close by. The challenge is to get people thinking in terms of LCF, because they tend to just dismiss it if it's not already their preferred lifestyle.
IOW the areas you describe as "very pleasant 'sweet spot' that happens when an area is dense enough to promote comfortable walking/biking/transit without growing so dense that all the trees and natural ecology get squeezed out by development" exist in the reality of your imagination and wishful thinking.
Had any success convincing ANY adult of thinking in terms of LCF as you do and actually taking any action on those "thoughts"?