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Best reasons to agree : +6 Buildings don't always ruin a place's aesthetic beauty.  We shouldn't build if there is a delicate echo system, but it is OK if the echo system is strong.  It is better to build in beautiful places, so that people can enjoy them, than to build in productive farm land.  People who want to protect our beautiful places for future generations, should not try to keep them as prim-eval forest, but well cared for gardens. They can regulate the heck out of development, and only allow LEED certified, well thought out beautiful buildings. But a place's beauty should not automatically disqualify development, as long as the development is well thought out and managed, and public spaces are preserved for the poor to also enjoy the beauty.  Echo-tourism can be a sustainable way for us to fund wild-life habitat.  Our country needs, and will make money. We have choices. You can't...

Background, Context, and Assumptions *Better will be different to different people. You can see my assumptions below. Obviously, employment opportunities, cultural events, and other opportunities are better in Chicago. But if your just a kids and don't care about anything in the summer time, but having nice weather to ride your bike around in, consider the discussion points below. I got my info from here: http://www.bestplaces.net/climate/  or  http://www.bestplaces.net/compare-cities/denver_co/chicago_il/climate Best reasons to agree : +5 The comfort index (with higher numbers being better) is 68 in Boise, 57 in Denver, but only 47 in Chicago.  I attribute that to how windy it is in the winter, and how the humidity will really get you in the summer, which everyone knows, but also gets you (I assert) in the winter. Places that get lots of rain are nice to look at in the summer, with all the green plants, but they aren't as comfortable outside if your kids jus...

Reasons to agree : Cameras can re-create images perfectly. Photo-realism can be achieved with very little money.  Its cool how Dan writes stuff with images.  Reasons to disagree : Dan Price draws things he sees. Everyone's life is important. It is important to value your life, and to really look at the stuff around you. Sketching it force you to really see it, but sometimes art should do more... you can say important, powerful things visually... You can create something that makes people think, and act differently. Dan does this, but maybe it is more important to focus on doing a few really awesome paintings, or creations, instead of a exploring a whole bunch of new places... Its not like their is a right or a wrong... Every artist should do what their attention to detail, and boredom push them to do, but you shouldn't do all your art like Dan's.  Score : # of reasons to agree: 2 # of reasons to disagree: -...

Best reasons to agree : +4  You can take pictures of your kids in a pretty places. For the cost of going to a professional studio, your kids can walk around and you can take pictures of them. You can people watch at the gardens, which you can't do in the wilderness.  You can get gardening ideas, and find plants you want in your yard at the botanic garden. They have paths, which is good if you have kids in strollers.  Best reasons to disagree : -2 You can walk around and look at nature for free. You don't have to be around people if you just go out into nature.  Score: # of reasons to agree: +4 # of reasons to disagree: -2 # of reasons to agree with reasons to agree: +0 # of reasons to agree with reasons to disagree: -0 Total Idea Score: +2 Videos that agree:

Reasons to Agree : +3 It is worth it to have animals be part of your life You should take your kids outside where they can walk around, see different people, and explore their surroundings. Kids get to see all different types of people at the zoo. You should teach your kids about Animals. Kids learn about Animals by going to the zoo. You can't learn to appreciate animals unless you see them. When kids learn about animals, they learn about biology which may result in medical interest. Medical interest can result in an interest in many different jobs, from pharmacy to being a doctor. Learning about animals also teaches about geography. At least it did for our kid, as he learned what animals lived where.  Reasons to disagree : -2 Usually people don't spend much time studying animals at the zoo. People tend to look at the animal, watch it for a few minutes, and move on...  Kids will learn more about animals by having a pet than going to a zoo. Letting your kids have a ...

Best Videos that agree : + Best reasons to agree : + Kids come into this world knowing nothing. Without knowing any rules, just hearing other people speak, they are able to learn perhaps one of the most complex things they will ever do, in only a few years... Watching kids learn to speak, can remind you of your kids when they were doing that.  Just because you understand how mankind was able to learn how to speak, doesn't mean that it is less amazing, interesting, or that you should appreciate the miracle of life, and knowledge, and the ability to communicate less.  in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court Mark Twain spoke of the "darling mispronunciations of childhood". Best reasons to disagree : - Animals don't have really complex words, but they are able to make noises, and have the begining of languages... Give them a few million years, and this could develop in non-spectacular ways, if you watched the slow progress.   ...

Best Videos that agree : +2   Best reasons to agree : + Kids eat things they should not eat.  Kids lick bird poop off sliding glass windows.  When you find brown stuff in their bed, and say it looks like poop, they just might tell you, "Don't worry, it doesn't taste like poop." When you ask why they tested it, they might say, "don't worry I didn't eat it, I just put my teeth on it". PS: it was, against all assurances, poop. We told her she needs to wash her hands, because she might get sick, she tells us, "I'm already sick" (she had a runny nose). Kids eat dirt. Kids eat rolly pollies (not ours, yet) Kids eat things that shouldn't be eaten, but won't eat anything you try to feed them.  It is funny seeing a little brain that has not yet learned that it is impolite to suck your toes in public... Score: # of reasons to agree: +3 # of reasons to disagree: -0 # of reasons to agree with re...