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Balwyn, Beaumaris, Warrandyte, Doncaster, Ivanhoe East, etc. are all largely car reliant and middle class to wealthy. Every city in Australia has equivalent suburbs. People in these suburbs eat less, eat more healthily and are more active than their counterparts in poorer areas even...

All very good points re: travel times and lack of amenities. This is what happens when suburbs are poorly planned. This is where you and I differ - you don't want outer suburbs, I want outer suburbs improved. I used to live in Thornbury and my mother lived in Prahran. It would take us...

You could say the same for every single European country. Actually, the UK is less car dependent than most. They have less cars per capita than Italy, France, Germany, Spain, etc.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_vehicles_per_capita You claimed suburban sprawl...

No, you misunderstand. I'm saying that you haven't established causation. If urban sprawl is the instigator, why are Britons so overweight? Could it have more to do with culture than urban planning? I.e. the UK is culturally more similar to the US, Australia and the other overweight English...

Very true. As with most industrialised countries, the majority of Mexicans work in the service industry which generally isn't as labour intensive, with agriculture and manufacturing workers making up a smaller percentage of workers. I'd hazard a guess are that the most likely to be...

I know you're crusading to rid the world of suburbia, but Europeans aren't less overweight because they live in 'compact well-planned cities'. Most Britons live in medium density cities and the rate of obesity is comparable to Australia. Likewise, the less affluent areas of NYC have very high...