"Well, no one really needs anything more than a subway train. Those people living in the sticks (Meaning anywhere outside a major city, including the Suburbs in some cases.) are living inefficiently. They should be forced to change their behavior."
This is because urban settings are things liberals understand. They are top down, centrally managed affairs. They are authoritarian by necessity. If a major change is desirable, then you simply impose it. Such places have large local economies that, to some degree, help insulate their rulers from the direct consequences of their actions.
There is a great divide between these people and those in outlying areas. All the latter will see here is a smirking Jimmy Carter, dressed in his stupid cardigan, making it more difficult and expensive for them to live and prosper.
I have even seen it postulated that the goal here is to drive people from outlying areas into large cities. To force them to immigrate.
I don't know if that is realistic, but one would certainly have to be forgiven for wondering. These people trot in with the expectation that living "efficiently" is the highest state and the goal of every American, thus they should simply conform and ape the urban population centers.
Living an efficient urban lifestyle is a moral imperative to them. They don't trouble themselves over things such as abortion, but their want to impose the urban lifestyle thing is effectively a religion unto itself. Dissent is heresy. Heresy is not allowed.
They are truly frightening people. Given enough rope, they're going to alienate many. The problem is the damage and havoc they will cause in the interim.
Efficient urban lifestyle my ass!
I live in the country now and I'll always live in the country.
They can come and try and force me into an, "efficient urban lifestyle." But if they do I'd highly recommend sending more folks than they think is necessary. Some of them will be returning in less than perfect shape.