[Modernman]

The real problem here is this: The denser the population, the more a person's habits and activities will irritate others, and the more those others will turn to big government as a means to control you.

I think you've hit the nail on the head. Smoking bans seem to have started in bigger, densely-populated cities. I think when you stick more people together, you need more rules, and some of these rules are going to be pretty burdensome.

People being what they are, I don't see any other solution, in a lot of cases.

[Age of Reason]

I think when you stick more people together, you need more rules, and some of these rules are going to be pretty burdensome.

The average population density of the counties won by Gore was four-times greater than the average population density of the counties won by Bush.