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434. Is New York City Over?

Freakonomics Radio

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Cities in New York Are Over Two Years Longer in New York

We would still be learning much more from each other if we were face to face. There are two main reasons why, as a person, your carbon omissions go down from living in dense areas. Americans just take much shorter car trips when they live in dense urban areas than when they live in far flung suburbs. It's not that apartments are magically greener than single family detached homes. But they are typically smaller, and that means less energy spent air conditioning and less energy spent on heating....

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