Localities large and small have been moving towards higher density, walkable and transit oriented development for years now. It's happening, and it works.
Every time I attempt to read it, halfway through my brain flips into the mode that is normally reserved for when people start telling me that Ivermectin is a COVID remedy, or something equally farcical.
The comment you're replying to is not OK and I've replied to them to convey that. But the escalation and gudelines-breaking conduct in the thread began with you and was extreme. We need you to stop this style of commenting on HN and make an effort to observe the guidelines if you want to keep participating here. You've been warned before, and after enough warnings we have to ban accounts that keep commenting like this.
Please take a moment to remind yourself of the guidelines and make an effort to follow them in future.