Re: What Drives Anti-Car Sentiment?

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From: Michael Malak
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 00:00

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In article <38b9cdcf.445482188@news.erols.com>,
  bentley@hollihills.comnyetspam wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Feb 2000 13:27:24 -0800, Pulaski76
> <jtate35NOjtSPAM@hotmail.com.invalid> wrote:
>
> >Moreover, the underclass tends to suffer the
> >most from the car problem.  Check out any neighborhood in
> >America that's had a freeway built through it for easy transit
> >by white suburban commuters and understand the definition
> >of "blight."
>
> OK, let's do that. Let's compare North Arlington, VA, which has had
> I66 running through it for about 20 years, with NE Washington DC,
> which was "spared" its freeway; one scheduled for the same
> construction period. Density is about the same in both cases. Let's
> compare changes in property value, business starts/failures, school
> SAT scores, and crime rates. We can compare some other statistics if
> you'd like.

We concluded on this newsgroup a few months ago when we did this
particular comparison that other factors are more significant than
roads.  But there is widespread agreement that the SE/SW freeway is
negatively affecting the areas south of it.

--
Michael Malak
malak@claygency.com


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