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Re: The Mayor's comments

On Sep 20, 9:49 am, "George Conklin" <n...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> "John" <dahlgren.j...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1190290807.659594.96920@y42g2000hsy.googlegroups.com...
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>
>
> > On Sep 19, 3:54 pm, rotten <bdj...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Sep 18, 9:21 pm, "John" <j_dahlg...@adelphia.net>
wrote:
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> > > > "Rotten" <bdj...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> > > >news:-uidnTPZ-aCejH7bnZ2dnUVZ_ournZ2d@comcast.com...
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> > > > > "William" <willbecoo...@gmail.com> wrote in
message
> > > > >news:1189281932.687319.211240@o80g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
> > > > >> On facebook I am "friends" with the Mayor of
Minneapolis. On his
> > > > >> profile he said one of his goals as Mayor is to
"Reaweave the urban
> > > > >> fabric." I was'nt sure what this meant so I asked him.
Here was his
> > > > >> reply.
>
> > > > > It means nothing because it's an empty platitude only uttered
by
> > > > > politicians.
>
> > > > >> "Glad you asked: I talked about reweaving the urban
fabric because
> > > > >> today's cities need to be reconnected. Cities grew as
places where
> you
> > > > >> could find work, home, shopping, recreation and pretty much
> everything
> > > > >> you wanted within walking distance or on transit lines.
After WW2,
> > > > >> when suburbs started to spread, that fabric that held
communties
> > > > >> together was torn apart...transit ripped up, strip malls
replaced
> the
> > > > >> corner store, etc. Now people finally realize what we lost
so we
> need
> > > > >> to weave it back together into neighborhoods where we can
once
> again
> > > > >> find all that within a walk or transit ride. So that means
more
> > > > >> transit, better urban design, better landscape, and more
decisions
> > > > >> that keep us from spreading even further apart."
>
> > > > >> What do you think?
>
> > > > > Cities declined mostly because of crime.
>
> > > > I know I'm late weighing in on this thread but had t reply to this
> thread.
> > > > You're wrong here.
>
> > > No, actually I'm right. Crime was the primary factor.
>
> > I would like to know where you got that info then.  It goes against
> > everything I've ever learned about flight to the suburbs.
>
>    Cities kept growing and natually they expanded on the edges, since the
> rest was already taken up.  The so-called flight to the suburbs was a
> political slogan cooked up by big-city mayors who wanted more well-to-do
> residents.

That not entirely true, look at the population for major cities in the
US from after WW2, their populations went down.

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