Comments by "Matthew Loutner" (@Matthew_Loutner) on "CNBC"
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@jewellui I live in an American subdivision and I wrote this in the past and saved it:
1. I believe that humans were meant to be connected to nature. They need grass, trees, rocks, flowers, and naturally flowing water all around them. They need clean-smelling fresh air to breathe and and to wake up hearing the birds singing in the morning.
It is my fundamental belief that without this natural environmental connection and stimulation, a human cannot be physically, emotionally, or spiritually healthy.
My fundamental belief in human health is my primary driver and I will not waver on these human needs.
I will not support anything like a concrete jungle that isolates people from their native environment.
The yards and greenery in a subdivision provides for these basic needs.
2. A subdivision is a SAFE PLACE. There is no traffic inside the subdivision. It has an atmosphere of a large park. Crime is almost non-existent. Children can play safely in the street or ride a bicycle safely anyplace inside the subdivision.
It is also a great place for children to meet other children. You have a square mile of houses that is a safe space where children can roam all around on their own and meet other children. They cannot do that in a walkability area. It would not be safe to leave them on their own.
3. A subdivision is a great place to raise a family because it has a backyard and a front yard for family activities:
All of the neighbor children can come and play in your front yard. Then they go play in another front yard.
In the back yard you can set up a swimming pool for the children.
In the back yard you can have a family barbecue on the barbecue grill.
In the back yard you can have swingsets and playground equipment.
In the back yard the children can put on swimming suits and run through the sprinklers.
A back yard is a good place to keep a family dog.
And most importantly, you can have a garden and grow your own fresh vegetables in a back yard (and your children can learn farming).
You can also plant fruit and nut trees.
4. I believe in "pride of ownership" as a fundamental human need. Owning your house with its yard and defined borders gives you something that you own and can take care of and be proud of. You can paint your house in your choice of colors and you can plant your own flowers 🌹🥀🌱⚘️🪻🌷🌻that you picked out yourself anywhere you want to plant them.
5. A subdivision is a great place for adults to come together and get to know each other. It is an easy place to walk out into your front yard and wave at your neighbor and say, "good morning." Then later, you plan get togethers with all of the neighbors.
6. Your house and back yard is a place for get togethers and gatherings (either extended family members or friends from church).
You can easily invite 30 people over and throw a cookout. I know of at least one couple who held a wedding 🌺 in their backyard.
You have never been more wrong than when you called my subdivision "a badly designed place."
Where do people spend MOST of their time?
a. Coffee shop
b. In their own home
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@liljepolak8565 American suburbs have "mixed use." What I mean by that is on the outside of the suburbs on the corners and faster streets is where we put the commercial stuff. You can walk to it, but no one does. This is why I prefer suburbs, and would never live in this mall:
1. I believe that humans were meant to be connected to nature. They need grass, trees, rocks, flowers, and naturally flowing water all around them. They need clean-smelling fresh air to breathe and and to wake up hearing the birds singing in the morning.
It is my fundamental belief that without this natural environmental connection and stimulation, a human cannot be physically, emotionally, or spiritually healthy.
My fundamental belief in human health is my primary driver and I will not waver on these human needs.
I will not support anything like a concrete jungle that isolates people from their native environment.
The yards and greenery in a subdivision provides for these basic needs.
2. A subdivision is a SAFE PLACE. There is no traffic inside the subdivision. It has an atmosphere of a large park. Crime is almost non-existent. Children can play safely in the street or ride a bicycle safely anyplace inside the subdivision.
It is also a great place for children to meet other children. You have a square mile of houses that is a safe space where children can roam all around on their own and meet other children. They cannot do that in a walkability area. It would not be safe to leave them on their own.
3. A subdivision is a great place to raise a family because it has a backyard and a front yard for family activities:
All of the neighbor children can come and play in your front yard. Then they go play in another front yard.
In the back yard you can set up a swimming pool for the children.
In the back yard you can have a family barbecue on the barbecue grill.
In the back yard you can have swingsets and playground equipment.
In the back yard the children can put on swimming suits and run through the sprinklers.
A back yard is a good place to keep a family dog.
And most importantly, you can have a garden and grow your own fresh vegetables in a back yard (and your children can learn farming).
You can also plant fruit and nut trees.
4. I believe in "pride of ownership" as a fundamental human need. Owning your house with its yard and defined borders gives you something that you own and can take care of and be proud of. You can paint your house in your choice of colors and you can plant your own flowers 🌹🥀🌱⚘️🪻🌷🌻that you picked out yourself anywhere you want to plant them.
5. A subdivision is a great place for adults to come together and get to know each other. It is an easy place to walk out into your front yard and wave at your neighbor and say, "good morning." Then later, you plan get togethers with all of the neighbors.
6. Your house and back yard is a place for get togethers and gatherings (either extended family members or friends from church).
You can easily invite 30 people over and throw a cookout. I know of at least one couple who held a wedding 🌺 in their backyard.
You have never been more wrong than when you called my subdivision "a badly designed place."
Where do people spend MOST of their time?
a. Coffee shop
b. In their own home
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@logan-v6y Well your conclusion is wrong. Being 15th out of 193 countries is really very, very good, and shows that Americans are very, very happy.
But you have to take those studies with a grain of salt because they may contain parameters that I may not agree are justifiable parameters. I am very certain that we rank higher than 15 in happiness. But 15 is fine.
When Americans step into a car, they know there is a chance they may not arrive, but they choose to drive anyway because doing so makes them HAPPY.
So, yes, the people who are killed made their choice, and they are happy with their choice.
You are free to quote statistics all day long, but the facts are that Americans CHOOSE to drive knowing the risks involved. If your SUBJECTIVE OPINION is that it is a "terrible system" that is just your subjective opinion, and you have been outvoted by the majority of Americans who feel otherwise.
As far as free time and other parameters . . .
We have things set up the way we want them to be.
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