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Bulldozing Cities?
Posted by:
Registered Voter
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Date: June 12, 2009 05:49PM
Yes, from my favorite News starting point, the DrudgeReport.com:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/financialcrisis/5516536/US-cities-may-have-to-be-bulldozed-in-order-to-survive.html
I like how this article comes out in a UK post. But hmm - what about all these new "green" jobs that are supposed to take the place of the old ones? And how does demolishing an already empty area reduce spending? Seems like it is a way to justify more local governments taking back private land (by condemning it or taking ownership through these schemes where they can buy properties cheap) and then resell it to developers later.
It seems to me maybe they should use these areas to entice new businesses in by offering lower cost areas to start a business.
If you can’t model the past, where you know the answer pretty well, how can you model the future? - William Happer Cyrus Fogg Brackett Professor of Physics Princeton University
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/12/2009 05:49PM by Registered Voter.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/financialcrisis/5516536/US-cities-may-have-to-be-bulldozed-in-order-to-survive.html
I like how this article comes out in a UK post. But hmm - what about all these new "green" jobs that are supposed to take the place of the old ones? And how does demolishing an already empty area reduce spending? Seems like it is a way to justify more local governments taking back private land (by condemning it or taking ownership through these schemes where they can buy properties cheap) and then resell it to developers later.
It seems to me maybe they should use these areas to entice new businesses in by offering lower cost areas to start a business.
If you can’t model the past, where you know the answer pretty well, how can you model the future? - William Happer Cyrus Fogg Brackett Professor of Physics Princeton University
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/12/2009 05:49PM by Registered Voter.
Re: Bulldozing Cities?
Posted by:
Vince(1)
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Date: June 12, 2009 10:05PM
I think it will take more of an investigation then a 5-6 paragraph article to decipher whether the plan has merit.
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Re: Bulldozing Cities?
Posted by:
Furfur
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Date: June 12, 2009 10:32PM
They can tear down Dale City. I was taking RT. 1 tonight and wondered how Prince William let it get so depressing and run down.
Re: Bulldozing Cities?
Posted by:
fairfaxdude
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Date: June 12, 2009 11:18PM
and most of woodbridge as well, from my recollection.
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Re: Bulldozing Cities?
Posted by:
Furfur
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Date: June 13, 2009 01:19AM
They should bulldoze DC. Leave the Mall and monuments, tear down the rest and start over. It should never have been made for residents; it became just another shitty generic city.
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Re: Bulldozing Cities?
Posted by:
Gravis
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Date: June 13, 2009 01:29AM
Furfur Wrote:
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> They should bulldoze DC. Leave the Mall and
> monuments, tear down the rest and start over. It
> should never have been made for residents; it
> became just another shitty generic city.
+1
"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."
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> They should bulldoze DC. Leave the Mall and
> monuments, tear down the rest and start over. It
> should never have been made for residents; it
> became just another shitty generic city.
+1
"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."
Re: Bulldozing Cities?
Posted by:
Lawman
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Date: June 13, 2009 01:45AM
Furfur Wrote:
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> They should bulldoze DC. Leave the Mall and
> monuments, tear down the rest and start over. It
> should never have been made for residents; it
> became just another shitty generic city.
Another reason why it shouldn't get representation in Congress.
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> They should bulldoze DC. Leave the Mall and
> monuments, tear down the rest and start over. It
> should never have been made for residents; it
> became just another shitty generic city.
Another reason why it shouldn't get representation in Congress.
Re: Bulldozing Cities?
Posted by:
Registered Voter
()
Date: June 16, 2009 01:30PM
Furfur Wrote:
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> They should bulldoze DC. Leave the Mall and
> monuments, tear down the rest and start over. It
> should never have been made for residents; it
> became just another shitty generic city.
Agreed
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> They should bulldoze DC. Leave the Mall and
> monuments, tear down the rest and start over. It
> should never have been made for residents; it
> became just another shitty generic city.
Agreed