Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 6:28 pm Post subject: Re: the growing American nightmare
And it's going to keep getting worse.
That's the scary part.
Home values are going to keep dropping and dropping and dropping.
Some poor fools actually believe scam shops like the NAR when they say, "it appears we're near the bottom - good time to buy."
I think they're close.
I'd amend it, scatological, to say, "it appears we're near the bottom - good time to put on the biohazard suit to avoid direct contact with the discharge." _________________ Massive Human Dieoff must occur as a result of Peak Oil. Many more than half will die. It will occur everywhere, including where you live. If you fail to recognize this, then your odds of living move toward the "going to die" group.
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 6:50 pm Post subject: Re: the growing American nightmare
Great article, straight out of The Long Emergency I think some suburbs can be saved with light rail but others will fade instead of "the inner city gangland" we'll have "the outer city suburbs"
The article even says McMansion, that' the first I've seen the MSM acknowledge the word. It'll be in Webster’s by 2009... _________________ The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs.
-Thomas Jefferson
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 8:51 pm Post subject: Re: the growing American nightmare
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Plus, some suburbias are different than others ( I'm not familiar with California's ) because I certainly live in suburbia and most certainly don't need to move to be closer to work or a grocery store, or a community, or the kids schools or anything. Maybe I'm already in a different kind of suburbia than the ones where people accepted 60 mile one way commutes to get a cheaper house?
I'm with you. I've lived in two suburbias and neither are all that bad. My first one was about 7-10 miles from town center (the town was pretty spread out) and it was rural. Not the worst thing, but pretty good also, especially if I lived there long term (good farm land, close to rail lines and town, etc).
Now I'm about 4 miles to my nearest town center, 2 miles from the grocer, 1.5 miles from a mall, and 7-10 miles (depending if I take the bus) from my school and work. Very commutable on a bike. Mass transit is crap, but we've got enough money that it's possible for a transition before it gets too bad (doubtful it will go through).
But from what I've read about Western suburbia, it sounds like Hell. Who wants to spend 50 minutes each way to work for five days a week? And then have to go 10 miles to the store, school, dentist, etc.?
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I didn't see any references to Mad Max in the article
I doubt we'll ever see Mad Max in an article. A bit too doomerish for the always-optimistic media. Same goes for Easter Island, cannibalism, etc. Just too "icky" for most people.
But it was pretty clear that he was talking about the vandalism, crime rates, "ghettoization" of the suburbs, etc. _________________ Riches are not from abundance of worldly goods, but from a contented mind.
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