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Abandoning Suburbs - RANT - Long
Posted by Gargoyle [Email] (more from Gargoyle) on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:45:55
In Reply to: What are your 10 year predictions on oil/cars/society?, Caarma
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, Tue, 10 Jun 2008 06:42:19
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Many here say that suburbia will abandoned to move back into the city. Unfortunatly many people are upside down in their mortgages now, and can't sell their homes for what they owe, and therefore can not move, and with the lack of public transportation into sububurbia, they are forced to drive at least to the nearest park and ride.
Another commented on WhiteCollar workers, of which I am, not having hours that are conducive to public transportation. Currently I Telecommute 1 day per week and have a 4 x 10 schedule, so I am actually only driving to work 3 days a week (either on my motorcycle that gets 50+ or the Geo that gets 40+). If I tried to do Public transportation I would have to leave a minimum of 2 hours before a scheduled start time (oh did I mention I would have to start my day later as there is no service at the time I start). My work also tends to have "emergencies" that require I stay until they are fixed no matter how late that could be. So now I have take a taxi home because again the public transport does not provide service to my area after 5:00pm
As you can tell many of the issues and the cavalier attitudes about "just move closer", "take public transport" etc really get to me, and this only the tip of the iceberg.
I am not trying to attack anyone here in particular, but lets not just follow the hype, we need to look at the entire scenario across all class levels and find a solution that really works. It is not time to go back to the way it used to be, it is time to get out of the box and come up with new innovative solutions.
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Posts in this Thread:
- What are your 10 year predictions on oil/cars/society?, Caarma
, Tue, 10 Jun 2008 06:42:19- $2.95, ursaw, Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:29:02
- My thoughts, cfishgo, Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:19:22
- Abandoning Suburbs - RANT - Long, Gargoyle, Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:45:55 <-- Viewing This Message
- Great thoughts, some more random ones, Caarma
, Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:22:34 - 10 years? How about the next 3?, Railhead
, Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:27:01 - A wonderful thread! First thoughts...., Noel, Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:12:18
- A Combination of Things, OKSaabs, Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:03:48
- I think we will just adjust..., Paul H., Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:18:39
- Re: What are your 10 year predictions on oil/cars/socie, rob 94 aero, Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:11:48
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