Comments on: Urban World in 2050 http://www.outskirts.com/2006/06/20/urban-world-in-2050/ ...small town life Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:28:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: ThomasJeffersonWasACoward http://www.outskirts.com/2006/06/20/urban-world-in-2050/comment-page-1/#comment-2244 ThomasJeffersonWasACoward Wed, 21 Jun 2006 10:54:33 +0000 http://www.outskirts.com/archives/2006/06/20/urban-world-in-2050/#comment-2244 Doc, you're going to be like so totally dead by 2050 that it won't have much impact on you, unless, of course, you decide to skip out on cremation and they happen to bury your sad dead ass in a spot that later gets "rezoned." Meanwhile, c'mon, you know the cig smoking braniacs from the Academical Village will, after they tire of their fraternity and sorority drinking games and date rapes and what not, will grow up to solve this sprawl problem. I mean we're talking about the best and brightest Virginians from the greatest public university in the cosmos located in the best place to live in the solar system. Relax. The flip flop trust fund kids have it covered. Doc, you’re going to be like so totally dead by 2050 that it won’t have much impact on you, unless, of course, you decide to skip out on cremation and they happen to bury your sad dead ass in a spot that later gets “rezoned.”

Meanwhile, c’mon, you know the cig smoking braniacs from the Academical Village will, after they tire of their fraternity and sorority drinking games and date rapes and what not, will grow up to solve this sprawl problem.

I mean we’re talking about the best and brightest Virginians from the greatest public university in the cosmos located in the best place to live in the solar system.

Relax. The flip flop trust fund kids have it covered.

]]> By: Dang Dude http://www.outskirts.com/2006/06/20/urban-world-in-2050/comment-page-1/#comment-2243 Dang Dude Wed, 21 Jun 2006 02:59:51 +0000 http://www.outskirts.com/archives/2006/06/20/urban-world-in-2050/#comment-2243 "Consumption opportunity"--great description. I find it sad and pathetic that the vision that has gripped development in America for the past 30 years is strip malls and housing developments. Can you name a new *town* any where? I can't. We continually hear pundits criticizing US dependence on foreign oil, the demise of community and values in America, and the large girth of our citizens. Well, when life becomes a constant drive in an SUV between home, work, and strip malls, where does that leaves us? Look at the popularity of downtown Charlottesville. You would think a developer would look at this and conclude that building new town centers all over with mixed use would bring in lots of $$$$. Perhaps the return on strip malls with big fat roads (and no sidewalks and bike lanes) leading to housing developments really is a lot more. Or perhaps developers really have poor vision. “Consumption opportunity”–great description. I find it sad and pathetic that the vision that has gripped development in America for the past 30 years is strip malls and housing developments. Can you name a new *town* any where? I can’t. We continually hear pundits criticizing US dependence on foreign oil, the demise of community and values in America, and the large girth of our citizens. Well, when life becomes a constant drive in an SUV between home, work, and strip malls, where does that leaves us? Look at the popularity of downtown Charlottesville. You would think a developer would look at this and conclude that building new town centers all over with mixed use would bring in lots of $$$$. Perhaps the return on strip malls with big fat roads (and no sidewalks and bike lanes) leading to housing developments really is a lot more. Or perhaps developers really have poor vision.

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