tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1597761046378693913.post4333584612020284064..comments2023-11-07T22:43:36.262-08:00Comments on Notes from the Ironbound: America's Sprawl AlbatrossUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1597761046378693913.post-61675033160504251072015-02-17T11:18:53.031-08:002015-02-17T11:18:53.031-08:00Oh, for sure developers & politicians are slow...Oh, for sure developers & politicians are slow to change - but nowadays it's all "Why don't the youngsters want to move here to work?" and they're astounded when the answer (part of it, anyway) seems to be "Because Omaha is a fuck-ugly city because you've all been worshipping at the Car Altar for way too long. There are very few human-oriented places that aren't mainly designed to extract money from everyone's pockets. There are much nicer places to live." They're getting the message, I think. Millions of $$ have already been spent in certain areas to make them more attractive to the highly educated tech-savvy young adults. Omaha's hills might make the bicycling renaissance kind of slow, but there's even been progress in that.Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15805115670543125139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1597761046378693913.post-30093654850467910762015-02-16T12:47:04.491-08:002015-02-16T12:47:04.491-08:00@ Terry Thanks for the links. I went to college in...@ Terry Thanks for the links. I went to college in Omaha and am glad that it's frightening sprawl is being addressed. My worry is that the situation calls for a radical rethinking of things that developers and politicians will resist.Werner Herzog's Bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01918845193415571702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1597761046378693913.post-19476429627232769262015-02-16T09:39:46.389-08:002015-02-16T09:39:46.389-08:00Early in our marriage, we lived in Bloomfield NJ. ...Early in our marriage, we lived in Bloomfield NJ. There were breathtakingly beautiful homes, where generations of families had raised children, which were unlivable because highway on-ramps had been constructed right next to them.<br /><br />Buddy Hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1597761046378693913.post-56066410473293610482015-02-16T09:21:07.358-08:002015-02-16T09:21:07.358-08:00Your assessment of the situation is accurate but o...Your assessment of the situation is accurate but only to a point. There is more cause for hope than you seem to think. Change is not going to happen swiftly, but it is happening. I'd offer a couple of URLs for you to check out. The first is for Streetfilms, a site where they post films of progress towards the re-humanization of urban environments from around the world. The URL: http://www.streetfilms.org/<br /><br />The other is one from Omaha (where I live) and there are two points about this: 1) if this level of interest is happening <i>here</i>, it really is more widespread than we've imagined. and 2) it has links to other "smart streets" and "walkable cities" web sites and events. The URL for Mode>Shift> Omaha: http://modeshiftomaha.org/<br /><br />There is an excellent book titled "Walkable Cities" that is very informative and it includes references to many more. It's happening, we're going to take back the world from the automobile, but it's going to take time and the efforts of a lot of individuals. Have hope!Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15805115670543125139noreply@blogger.com