Comments on: The Decline Of Suburbia?

Experts Predict Exodus From Far-Flung Neighborhoods Back To Urban Living

[cbsfan73]

newview08 said:
"No more computers, cell phones, or HDTV for me."

Eustace Conway, eat your heart out...

[obama8years]

I guess it would be easier to control the masses that way huh?

Posted by deacon20081 at 09:23 PM : Aug 07, 2008

Sure is, we''''re on the long and sad road to Socialism I fear.
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With Obama Winning the Election , You can Bet on Socialism, sooner than you think.

[cbsfan73]

newview08 patriotically stated:
"Last post, ever. No more computers, cell phones, or HDTV for me. I''''m going to get out there and make a difference. I''''m going to vote and get to know my neighbors, not hide behind a computer like some coward and complain about our nation''''s problems fruitlessly. What you''''re doing now IS the problem. Best ''''O luck fellas."

(Flute playing Yankee Doodle in the background.)

[obama8years]

Where''''s the American spirit that built this country? This is pathetic. Are we all just fat, lazy, stupid, morons as some countries say? Where are those people with grit that refuse handouts, and drive on though the worst of times with determination? Those are the people I want to see again, not these spineless leaders who are afraid to offend somebody. I read these blogs and it makes me sick, I want to vomit. The great people of this nation sound utterly defeated and hopeless. Comparing the USA to France, how embarrassing. Afraid to drive our cars, afraid to cut a tree, afraid of the weather, on and on and on. We''''re in a very sad state, and need some real anger from deep down to find ourselves again. Disgusting, shameful.
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CLAP CLAP CLAP.....Will you run for President?

[samtec1]

["Experts Predict Exodus From Far-Flung Neighborhoods Back To Urban Living"

Yeah, people will be waiting in line to get back in the ghetto.]

The older intercity will not be a ghetto, it will be demolished, it''s already happening in some cities, and probably be the most expensive area to reside in. You will have a steady migration of displaced poor folks to the current suburbs, causing even a more rapid decline. You eventually will have even more cities, but, smaller, and apart, tied together by rail. Rather than one large city, with endless suburbs. It''s simply more efficient, less wasted resources, that is real reason suburbia cannot last.

[barbaram99]

I live in Seattle. I have to use the bus. Never owned a home. Years ago oh yes things were different. But still had to live on a bus line. Walk to places. Never had a car as a legaaly blind person. I ''member as a child the out in the stinks. Yer life changes as the gas is high. Yes we all pay for it. It will be 5 dollars a gallion. I truly miss the stinks. Dad still lives in the stinks. I am just a hillbilly, I hate city living. The reason being people are rude. Well most are. Years ago we could live. Things were priced that we could afford,we were taught manners. Today it me myself and i thinking that most have,

[u-r-right]

This is BS. Around here, houses in the city are still way higher than our modest home in suburbia. There is no way I am going to sell low and buy higher just so I can be closer to work. If anything, the wife and I are going to sell when the market picks up and move to an even smaller town where we will pay cash for about the same size house. At least, that''s our dream.

[piercetheval]

...liberty-1776, sacramento does have its inner city problems. Maybe not like New York or Chi-town or the Motor City but it has its share none-the-less.
Everyones'' immediate concern should be for his/hers local community. When we start interacting and helping one another as God decreed we will emerge and evolve from this dilemma!

[newview08]

Last post, ever. No more computers, cell phones, or HDTV for me. I''m going to get out there and make a difference. I''m going to vote and get to know my neighbors, not hide behind a computer like some coward and complain about our nation''s problems fruitlessly. What you''re doing now IS the problem. Best ''O luck fellas.

[liberty_1776]

I live in the suburbs of a mid-sized city that is riddled with countless pockets of violent crime and generational poverty. Of course, there are some nice neighborhoods that have not built walls and gated their communities, but they are few and far between. Another problem is that the elected officials (elected by the violent criminals and poorest citizens) do nothing to solve the city''s problems, while they raise taxes, increase their own salaries, and annex more county taxpayers annually. My wife and I are seriously considering moving away from all big cities. We have discussed taking huge pay cuts, moving to a small town, and ensuring that our children will not grow up in a neighborhood where they cannot feel safe playing in the front yard. So, this article seems ridiculous to me. But I can understand how the concept of moving back to the city might apply to people who live on the outskirts of a city that is not full of violence.

[piercetheval]

...Smirk5, the answer is astral projection!

[ubrew12]

newview08 said: "Comparing the USA to France, how embarrassing. "

France has done so much right in the last 30 years. Nevertheless, our solution should be to go with alternative energy along with nuclear.

All forms of energy can be used to create hydrogen fuel (thanks to MIT just recently, the conversion ratios are going to be MUCH higher than they were previously). So, fuel shouldn''t be a problem in the future. Don''t sell that house in the suburbs just yet! In the nearterm, its definitely a problem. Until we get an energy policy in this nation that involves more than a chant of ''drill, drill, drill'', we''ll be selling ourselves short. (sorry, there''s only 20-30 years worth of oil left in the whole world. Its time to move on).

[marshall_nee]

I guess it would be easier to control the masses that way huh?

Posted by deacon20081 at 09:23 PM : Aug 07, 2008

Sure is, we''re on the long and sad road to Socialism I fear.

[newview08]

Where''s the American spirit that built this country? This is pathetic. Are we all just fat, lazy, stupid, morons as some countries say? Where are those people with grit that refuse handouts, and drive on though the worst of times with determination? Those are the people I want to see again, not these spineless leaders who are afraid to offend somebody. I read these blogs and it makes me sick, I want to vomit. The great people of this nation sound utterly defeated and hopeless. Comparing the USA to France, how embarrassing. Afraid to drive our cars, afraid to cut a tree, afraid of the weather, on and on and on. We''re in a very sad state, and need some real anger from deep down to find ourselves again. Disgusting, shameful.

[deacon20081]

Sorry but coming from a small town and ranching community this nonsense of everyone move to the city is just that, nonsense. I guess it would be easier to control the masses that way huh?

[smirk5]

piercetheval,
"There is always a simple solution to seemingly complex problems."

Ok, say the problem is setting up a manned mission to the moon. What''s your simple solution to this complex problem? I''m betting there isn''t always a simple solution to a seemingly complex problem.

[marshall_nee]

sorry about the multiple posts. And "local" should have been "locale". I''''m on a strange computer and thought it wasnt taking my posts.

Posted by middlecrank at 09:10 PM : Aug 07, 2008

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Yup beware of the lag!

[piercetheval]

...Thank you MEG001 for mentioning the "Cottage Industries".
There is always a simple solution to seemingly complex problems. As our great christian avatar once professed the answer to the worlds problems lies in understanding and implementing the spirit of brotherhood.
...Support your local brothers and sisters and support "Cottage Industry".

[jeffstersf]

sorry about the multiple posts. And "local" should have been "locale". I''m on a strange computer and thought it wasnt taking my posts.

[jeffstersf]

My sister, who still lives where we grew up, in the vast, gross, car-dependent hell that are the suburbs of Atlanta, visited me in San Francisco a few years back and thought it was "weird" that the houses were so close together and that I didnt have (or need) a car. I remember thinking that it was actually "weird" that Atlantans spent hours a day in their cars and had to get in one to get a loaf of bread. She also didnt know her neighbors, and I would wave and talk to folks all over my city.

What is "normal" and healthy is and always has been dense locals, which foster true community, not these boxes made of ticky-tacky that consume vast resources.