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Re:The EPA allows polluters to turn neighborhoods into “sacr... by vineyardmike on Thursday November 11, 2021 @01:24PM (#29191185)
Eh, not really.

Boston area has no big chemical/hard industrial industry, and nothing on that map. Neither does seattle (but the map shows some small process in areaa). Id wager a lot of modern "intellectual" cities (where knowledge worker industries dominate) can be devoid of such processes. Tourism cities too - eg, Vegas and Miami don't have such a history and their maps are clean.

Obviously SFBay is a notable exception to the knowledge-worker idea, but SV was founded on horribly toxic silicon refining which, while mostly gone, has a terrible history of poisoning the ground.

Re:The EPA allows polluters to turn neighborhoods into “sacr... by scottyah on Thursday November 11, 2021 @03:17PM (#29192610)
All that stuff is still being made and polluting, "mordor" is just further away.
Re:The EPA allows polluters to turn neighborhoods into “sacr... by vineyardmike on Thursday November 11, 2021 @04:19PM (#29193323)
Then its not really "nearby" is it? Its another city, another nation, and not really related to that city at all?
Re:The EPA allows polluters to turn neighborhoods into “sacr... by Arrath on Friday November 12, 2021 @04:36PM (#29204825)
Then you're simply being pedantic, and illustrating the inherent danger of free-for-all negative externalities. If the polluting was done far enough away, it doesn't matter?
Re:The EPA allows polluters to turn neighborhoods into “sacr... by mazamats on Thursday November 11, 2021 @04:15PM (#29193266)
Isn't that the whole point? To keep it away from urban populations?