::like::there is so much ignorance in this thread it is heartbreaking.
No one, not even jtf on one of his wildest days, is saying that you can't move into the suburbs. You can live wherever the hell you want to live. This is america. And if you want to live 75 miles outside of the city and drive in every day, more power to you. If you want to get in your car, drive 15 feet to the driveway of the guy across the street, then go ahead.
Some people are acting as if urbanists want to burn the flag, rape your wives, and make everyone take the bus to work. And you're most upset about the bus part.
The fact is that highways are freakishly expensive. We spent nearly a billion dollars rebuilding 4 miles of road with the new crosstown. We have one of the highest percentages of roads in poor repair in the country. We have twice as many toll road miles (per capita) as the #2 state. We have 3 times the national average in road miles per capita. We rank 25th in highway spending, but only 43rd per mile of road because of the amount of road we have for each person.
Conclusion: Oklahoma has a lot of roads.
We also have a very large amount of empty space within our city limits. As aerial photographs show, there are very large swaths of land within the city that are 1) undeveloped, and 2) right next to an interstate. Your desire of "i wanna build a house umm... Over there" does not mean that it's a good friggin' idea for the people of okc or this state to build a freeway for you.
I have seen two arguments here. 1) free country, i can live where i want. 2) more roads are great, and will help the city! The first is true. You can move where you want. But i don't have to pay for the wild hair you have up your ass. The second is just pure retarded. We have too many roads as it is. We have difficulty maintaining them. Does public transportation pay for itself? No, but neither does your friggin' highway!
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