US cities may have to be bulldozed in order to survive

Telegraph (U.K.) ^ | June 12, 2009 | Tom Leonard

[jimmango]

Is there possibly a FReeper who can tell me where that wonderful sounding country went?
If you walk down the hallway of almost any home, there will be a small room off one side, or the other. In this room you will normally find a sink, a bathtub or shower and a small porcelain seat with a cover which opens and closes. If you open the cover, and look down, you will find where your country has gone. Fortunately, no one has yet pulled down on the small lever on the back of the seat. There is still hope of restoring this fine place, but you must act quickly!

[ArrogantBustard]

"Concentrate" them, eh?

They could think of it as going "camping".

[bill1952]

> Much of North and West Philadelphia looks like Dresden post-bombing, and has for some time.

What sho talkin bout, boy?

52nd street

[CaptainAmiigaf]

This is NOT about local zoning, which I agree is a local choice and issue. This is about any agency of government, of any level, telling YOU that the local population limit has been reached, so go away.
Bulldozing huge tract of cities removes the spaces where real live people can CHOOSE to live.
“we are sorry sir and madam, the birth of your child brings the population total above the legal limit. You must vacate”
There are place in this world that have such dictatorial powers in the hands of local bureaucrats.

[freekitty]

Now there’s a plan I would support.

[wintertime]

The blight has spread up Frankford throughout the NE part of the city.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I am sorry to hear that.

[bill1952]

Note that all of these cites are located on major rivers or trade routes.
In the past this made large concentrations of people and industry in these areas viable and profitable.

For the past 100 years, not so much.
These urban centers lack their prior justification for their existence and are a drain on society in general.

[kinsman redeemer]

US cities may have to be bulldozed in order to survive

I HATE it when that happens.

[sfvgto]

welcome to Jonestown...............where you burp where you fart and you fart where you burp.

[dforest]

We are so being set up for a world government. A marxist one with Obozo wanting to play the anti Christ part.

Such jealousy and power plays must be going on among the world elites.

As for the rest of us....

[woollyone]

agenda 21...read it and weep

Our Global Neighborhood The Report of the Commission on Global Governance

[Jo Nuvark]

Mr. Kildee wants to killdee history.

[scottteng]

They need to repopulate those poor cities in the northeast. Make up a large greyhound style bus with a potty and 6 MRE’s a blanket and a pillow per seat with two relocation specialists and a driver. Drive through any Florida town and pick up all the individuals with a “work for food”,”disabled vet need help”,”why lie I need a beer” or whatever sign. Transport them to their free housing in the fair northern city where they may be supported in the lifestyle they like by northerners. On their way up they can be issued their free cell phone and the local where they are going assistance numbers. Seems like they would have an endless supply of candidates.

[gdani]

Youngstown, Ohio has been doing this for several years & gets a lot of credit nationwide for its efforts in this regard.

[Drill Thrawl]

Do keep in mind that even in Colonial times the city had the nickname Philthydelphia.

[MrB]

The good news is that even if the collectivists did succeed in oppressing the entire country,

they’d have to deal with a constant barage of snipers and guerilla warfare forever.

[TChris]

The City Where the Sirens Never Sleep

A more incisive title might have been: The Fruits of Democrat Rule

Elections have consequences. Decades of electing Democrats have very bad consequences.

[NoPrisoners]

sounds eerily similar to a plan implemented by Nicolae Ceauşescu in Romania, shortly before they strung him up

Why do politicians and governments never learn from history???

[DFG]

Which city should be bulldozed first?

Washington DC
Chicago
San Francisco
New York City
Hollywood

[Betis70]

Robocop’s Old Detroit.