-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 02/27/07 15:29, Paul Johnson wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 02/26/07 16:11, Paul Johnson wrote: >>> Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: >>> >>>> On Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 08:16:06PM +0100, Joe Hart wrote: >>>>> That explains one of the reasons that public transportation is much >>>>> better here, although in New York City, public transportation is also >>>>> readily available (unless it is raining :) ) >>>>> >>>> Public transportation viability also depends on dense population >>>> centers. Lots of places in the US are suburban (read up on the problem >>>> of suburban sprawl sometime) and so are not really good markets for >>>> public transportation. >>> The irony being that suburbs are so large due to the removal of public >>> transportation in favor of freeways... >> Ummm, no. > > Oh, I'm sorry, I guess after living in LA, I couldn't see the streetcar > tracks through all the freeways and smog. Would you mind posting URLs to > current photos?
You are confusing the two issues. Suburbs are large because lots of people *want* to live in the suburbs. Fresh air, green lawns, grilling on the patio while watching the kids splash in the pool, etc. *That* is what makes public transportation nonviable, not conspiracy theories. > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFF5MQDS9HxQb37XmcRAt2iAKDjKUdPAxirXFF4dPIlRyQMlHPixgCeOxSq vlZ+aud8k3Pg+Ipre0dWlhI= =gbfA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
