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Re:Suburban Office Parks Increasingly Obsolete; Businesses C... by forrestthewoods on Monday December 21, 2015 @10:44PM (#10775675)
Bone-headed? I dunno. The cost to upgrade cities is beyond absurd. Installing a subway or light rail into an existing city is comically expensive.
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Re:Suburban Office Parks Increasingly Obsolete; Businesses C... by cmarschner on Tuesday December 22, 2015 @04:07PM (#10780402)
Lots of European cities built these systems after WW2. Lots of Chinese cities have been doing it since the 2000s. Apparently it makes sense. When I see that a city like Seattle is not able to build mass transit between west and east side, and instead is maintaining gridlocked 10 lane "free"-ways and wider bridges I find that very comical. It is one of the main reasons I feel alienated every time I visit the area.
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