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US Plans To Bulldoze 50 Shrinking Cities

Posted by samzenpus on from the out-of-the-rubble-and-into-the-future dept.

chrb writes "Two days ago Slashdot discussed broke counties grinding their tarmac roads into gravel. Now the Telegraph reveals plans to raze huge sections of at least 50 US cities to the ground. The resulting smaller cities will be more economical to run, and the recovered land will be returned to nature."

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  1. Article mentions Baltimore by langelgjm · · Score: 5, Informative

    The article mentions Baltimore, which makes sense. If you've ever visited some of the, shall we say, less popular portions of that city, you'll find block after block of boarded-up rowhouses. It's actually kind of eerie. Hell, even if you take Amtrak and go past Charm City, you'll see lots of houses that are in dismal shape (but nevertheless, sadly, are still occupied).

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  2. Re:Urban Transit by elrous0 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yeah, I'm sure they'll thank you for moving them downtown to get harassed by bums, shot at by gangbangers, and attend a school where the teachers wear body armor. I can see them giving you the "World's Greatest Dad" cup now.

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  3. Re:Perhaps can start with Crawford, TX by ArcherB · · Score: 4, Informative

    You mean the ranch Bush bought a few years before he was elected to make him look like an authentic Texan even though he was mostly raised and schooled in Maine and Connecticut?

    I think it was the whole Governor of Texas title that made him look like a real Texan. Before that, it was the 20 years he lived in Midland TX where he met his wife and raised his kids.

    But, hey! Don't let that stop you from hating him. You seem to have such a good grasp of the facts.

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  4. Re:Seems like a good idea by phantomfive · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's a complete waste of effort. The economy grows because we produce things, not because we dig holes and fill them up.

    At one time, everyone in society had to spend their effort on food/shelter production, basic maintenance. Then, as society progressed, farming techniques improved, it wasn't necessary for everyone to be a farmer. The people who didn't need to farm anymore started building more interesting things, like iPods, and books.

    I like my iPod, I'm glad the developers at Apple weren't wasting their effort building things and then demolishing them. For society to progress, we need people to think of new things, not waste their time building things that don't matter. That is the catch.

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  5. Re:Nothing good can come of this... by nine-times · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yeah, it's 45.7 per 100,000 people (i.e. 0.0457%).

  6. Re:Urban Transit by Dark_Gravity · · Score: 5, Informative

    Children don't do that anymore.. Their parents are too terrified they will be kidnapped. Sadly, I'm not joking.. its pretty damn sad. Check out www.Freerangekids.org for one lady fighting back against the "think of the children" fear.

    www.Freerangekids.org had no website configured. Maybe http://freerangekids.wordpress.com/ is what you were thinking of.

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