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Old Posted Apr 29, 2021, 12:31 PM
jtown,man jtown,man is offline
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Originally Posted by dc_denizen View Post
The freeways weren’t the problem , white flight and lack of investment were

Every empty lot could be filled in , returning the city to something closer to its original state , at a cost equal to one-tenth the market cap of dogecoin
Exactly. Of course freeways are *A* problem, but not the main issue.

We can still build quality cities surrounding interstates. I think Chicago does this well downtown. It can be done. Sure, they suck and people don't like to walk over them, but things can be done to make it more pleasant:

Here is a bridge over a massive interstate in Atlanta

https://www.google.com/maps/@33.7768...7i16384!8i8192
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