Please reread my original Norman Rockwell-esque comment in context. It's
in a paragraph about the industrial nature of the area in question. Yet
you take it out of context and portray my comment as some sort of class
war ("McMansions" "those people" etc) and sarcastically imply that I
think "those people don't deserve to own property anyway."
Or at least that's how I read it the first time. Upon a second reading
this morning, maybe you just meant to point out how political power to
stop city hall is colocalized with wealth in our society?
The way I see it, we can continue to waste bandwidth slinging all manner
of accusations of spin, bias and other nasty aspersions about each
other's motivation or we can agreed that we probably misread each other
and should chalk it up to vagaries the written word transmitted over the
internet. I personally would prefer to do the later.
What do you think?
jh
Brian wrote:
Sorry. No assumptions formed about you. Just a response to your
comment about those affected by this decision not living in a Norman
Rockwell-esque suburb. Who is it that's reading thing in here?
Brian
----- Original Message ----- From: "John Hayes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <Biofuel@sustainablelists.org>
Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 5:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Re: Environmentalism is dead. What's next?
This is not about class or income or about "those people". It was
zoned as an industrial area and had been zoned as such for over 75 years.
As far as living on the wrong side of tracks, my house is on the wrong
side of tracks. I also happen to live in a town with an economic
redevelopment agency that is looking to redevelop 60 acres in the
middle of town. As far as the McMansion's go, I'd be just as happy if
the state of CT used eminent domain to take land in Fairfield County
to fix the inadequate railroad intrastructure between NY and Boston.
But why ruin the nice little assumptions you've clearly formed about
me...
jh
Brian wrote:
You are correct that New London didn't claim the Ft. Trumbell
neighborhood was blighted. However, it's also worth noting that it
had been zoned as an industrial area since *1929* and contained a
junkyard, oil tank farm and railroad yard. This wasn't some
treelined Norman Rockwell-esque suburb we're talking about here.
I think that this quote perfectly emphasizes my concern. The suburbs
and McMansions are safe. It is the houses that are in the "other"
areas that are at risk. Those that people who can't afford a
McMansion live in. If it was your treelined Norman Rockwell-esque
suburb, this could never have been done. Since it was the other side
of the tracks, however, it is inherently OK. Those people don't
deserve to own property, anyway, right?
Brian
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