tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515247115132134144.post4105429801218544412..comments2024-02-17T12:34:01.400-08:00Comments on Illusion of Prosperity: Suburbs: An Illusion of ProsperityStagflationary Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04568993350246477976noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515247115132134144.post-5584623352845699762011-06-26T17:03:36.315-07:002011-06-26T17:03:36.315-07:00dearieme,
It does fit rather well with the Seattl...dearieme,<br /><br />It does fit rather well with the Seattle area though. Sigh.<br /><br />We are about as far from bullet trains as far can get. We have opted instead to build a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaskan_Way_Viaduct" rel="nofollow">$4.25 billion car tunnel</a>. That's just an estimate of course. If I was a betting man, I'd bet a dollar to win a dime that it will cost more than that.Stagflationary Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04568993350246477976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515247115132134144.post-76292080210761708472011-06-26T07:49:54.392-07:002011-06-26T07:49:54.392-07:00"...over thousands of years, people have trad..."...over thousands of years, people have traditionally built places scaled to the individual. It is only the last two generations that we have scaled places to the automobile."<br /><br />That rather ignores several generations where places were scaled to the commuter railways - if not in the US, then certainly in Europe. Plus the bus and the tram.deariemenoreply@blogger.com