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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Also, cities fundamentally suck, so we like to put poor people there who have no choices. More poor people, more cities.
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In Philly, those people were stuffed in pockets outside the core downtown area. Same goes for every other city, generally. The correct answer is, "Parts of cities fundamentally suck." The nice parts, OTOH, are quite enjoyable. How can you argue with having everything you need in walking distance? That's the worst part of the suburbs. Everything's a fucking drive.
I think a sign things are really, really bad will be if we see cities shutting down a few strategically chosen roads (like DC did with the road in front of the White House). The pretext will be its part of some green initiative - to encourage more people to walk, or create something akin to a park in certain nice areas of town. But in reality, the idea will be to ring off some of the better areas to keep businesses and consumers in town. To isolate the safer spots from the unsafe areas, like Georgetown refusing a subway stop.
