Re: "Possibly the full impact of this sort of suburban growth is hard to grasp by residents of areas such as the Madison isthmus, Portland, or Seattle. "
... TO THE CONTRARY, those who took note of the records levels of air pollution across southern Wisconsin last December 19-21, and the weekly episodes of less-degraded but still unhealthy air, (40% to 60% of which is due to transportation pollutants) have a clear view of some of the more insidious impacts of poorly controlled suburban and highway growth! "The Market" when left unchecked fails miserably at providing the most basic of human needs. Jeff Schimpff "Bus, Bike, Walk or Carpool to Work for Clean Air for Kids" -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Westhagen Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 6:32 PM To: BikiesSubmissions Subject: RE: [Bikies] Sprawl program on WPR Dear Matt Logan, You did an excellent job of taking notes from a TV program. IWe tend to think of only the developers of the raw open lands. But they might be just in that segment and would have no interest in subdivisions based on thirty-foot lots or redevelopments of urban areas. Nevertheless, to be successful, they cannot expect to "lead the market." Successful developers FOLLOW the market. They represent the markets for these subdivisions, planned and marketed by price ranges for groups separated by "income segregation." Possibly the full impact of this sort of suburban growth is hard to grasp by residents of areas such as the Madison istmas, Portland, or Seattle. I would expect the same principles are at work in these places, but are not set out and exposed as they have been in former corn fields around Chicago. But these niche market suburbs have been the rule in Chicago since WWII. And if people like "McMansions" today, in the past forty years they have equally liked such as "fake columns" as the "Southern look," the more refined New England salt box look, and all sorts of ranches and moderns. Criticizing psychological taste is beyond the pale. Eric Westhagen _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
