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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. Grinding up the roads - Good Idea! by pubwvj · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Grinding up paved roads is a very good idea, and not just for gravel. The paved roads are horribly expensive to keep up. When they go bad from the frost heaves every year the cost of fixing them is far more than for maintaining a dirt road. A dirt road can be easily graded and ditched. It is easy to add more culverts to control water on a dirt road. Resurfacing a dirt road is cheap. All of this is far more expensive and time consuming to do on a tarred road. Yes, on highly travelled roads and city streets, the paving makes sense. But not out here in the rural areas. Just slow down and enjoy the view.

  2. Re:Perhaps can start with Crawford, TX by ChameleonDave · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I jest all types of apocali while fighting them.

    Are you still jesting, or did you just seriously imply that the plural of "apocalypse" is "apocali"? I've come across the "the plural of any difficult-looking word must end in 'i' or perhaps 'ii'" rule before, but this is a particularly eye-popping example.

  3. Re:Perhaps can start with Crawford, TX by ChameleonDave · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Faux-paux are rarely the sole possession of one political party.

    Or of any.