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I’m very confident I had a significantly smaller carbon footprint when I was in New York than compared to my time in Dallas. Even though I lived a much more vibrant life.


You'd be right. Dense cities have much lower carbon footprints than sprawling, suburban areas.[0] You can plug it into this map to compare any place you'd like.[1]

[0] https://phys.org/news/2014-01-carbon-footprint-reveal-urban-...

[1] https://coolclimate.org/maps




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