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Originally Posted by dante2308
No no, Aubie is right. We shouldn't build roads at all. We should never use eminent domain and we shouldn't have interstates, rails, or powerlines for that matter.
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dante, why such an extreme reaction? No one has suggested that we should never build roads at all. What Aubie's talking about is the abuse of eminent domain to build roads of dubious value in the middle of cities, and the way this has often been used by racist and classist forces to run roughshod over vibrant, viable neighborhoods. The fate of Buttermilk Bottom is a well known case in point.
There's certainly a place for good roads, but the lessons of the past teach us that ramming superhighways through the heart of established cities is a formula for urban disaster. And it's often the poor and people of color who pay the heaviest price.