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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 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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