Leute näher beieinander wohnen lassen (also dichter siedeln) wäre nicht sinnvoll und möglich?

Das stimmt in dieser Kürze einfach nicht. Es gibt das Konzept der Zersiedelung, was zu erhöhten Infrastrukturkosten (z.B. längere Busrouten) und Umweltbelastungen (mehr Individualverkehr, Busse zu oft und zu lange fahren) führt. Das zu reduzieren ist auf jeden Fall sinnvoll.

They where fantasizing about it in the abstract, but they didn’t go “right, next Tuesday, Mika’s Market, 12 o’clock”.

Seems like a reasonable distinction to make.

Those are completely different things. You have to get licensed for a firearm or car, but there’s no tracking what you shoot or where you drive.

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FWIW, my first hot dog (described to me by my father as „ein heißer Hund“) was served to me in a long breadroll, made out of European-style white bread (the non-foamy kind). The breadroll was hollowed out and open on one side, so the sausage could be slipped in, along with a helping of (Gewürz?)ketchup. Loved that shit! A bit a googling seems to suggest that these are called “French Hot Dogs”.

Years later I was very confused when I came upon traditional “American” hot dogs.

It’s a false friend/too literal translation from the German term “barrierefrei”. The more common word in English would be “accessible”.

Can you provide an example of a country where harsher prison sentences made the country more peaceful?

It’s a quatre vingt doozy!

Username absolutely does not check out.

I’ve only gone vegan after two things happened:

• FFF strikes made environmentalism “a thing”
• Easy vegan alternatives have been easily accessible and cater to my carnivorous eating habits

There are likely other factors as well. Point is: it’s never just one thing, and therefore every little thing helps.

Right, so the 737-MAX are very fuel efficient. No argument there. But saying “the parenthetical about ignoring the crashing problems is doing a lot of work in this comment about fuel efficiency” is just nonsense.

In a comment about efficiency? No, it doesn’t.

Hey, the 30s are coming up, we’ve got to get a move on.