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Urban Living Is Greener

Wired Magazine reports:

To many Americans, ecological nirvana is a bucolic existence surrounded by wilderness. But the Thoreauvian desire for more elbow room has led to sprawl, malls, and cougar attacks. The edge-city upshot is a national cadre of 3.5 million “extreme commuters,” who spend more than three hours a day in transit, many of them spewing carbon dioxide between exurb home and city office. Automobile exhaust in the US contributes roughly 1.9 billion tons a year to the global carbon cloud, more than the emissions of India, Japan, or Russia. Even worse are the 40 million lawn mowers used to tame the suburban backcountry: Each spews 11 cars’ worth of pollutants per hour.

The fact is, urban living is kinder to the planet, and Manhattan is perhaps the greenest place in the US. A Manhattanite’s carbon footprint is 30 percent smaller than the average American’s. The rate of car ownership is among the lowest in the country; 65 percent of the population walks, bikes, or rides mass transit to work. Large apartment buildings are the most efficient dwellings to heat and cool.

Tips on Buying an Urban Loft

From HGTV Front Door comes these great tips for buying urban:

Tired of long commutes and suburban sprawl? Join the thousands of homebuyers flocking to the urban core. Find out what it’s like to live downtown, tour urban areas across the country and see how city dwellers spend their days, buy a loft or condo and squeeze into small spaces.

• Get the Pros & Cons of what it’s like to live in an urban home
• Survival Tips for small space living
• Condo & Loft Buying Guide
• Buying Tips from urban agents