These two images are typical rural sprawl compared with Central Manhattan, on the exact same scale. Now I'm not an expert on these matters, but something tells me pollution, traffic and logistical problems would be much, much worse is everyone had their own plot of land.
Small farmers, especially the old stubborn ones, can pollute the shit out of the local area.
Glyphosate used to reckless degrees. Old vehicles leaking oil into the ground. Burning garbage. That's just 3 off the top of my head.
So many of my family's old electronics got burnt by my grandpa :(
Someone that lived near an older relative burned tires for heat in the winter and they said it turned the snow black everywhere nearby.
OH DEAR GOD I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE SMELL.
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The burning garbage one is by far the worst.
One of the many fucked up things about Poland is how many literal garbage fires are going on there at any given time, sometimes visible from space. :poland-cool: