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This Week in Apocalypse

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This Week in Apocalypse

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6/20/09 11:11 am
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Only one link for you today. There's been too much going on in my boat lately—I can't keep up.

US cities may have to be bulldozed in order to survive.

Don't be fooled, kids. You're hearing a lot about the upturn. How it's beginning; how signs are starting to appear. Meanwhile, particularly in the west, unemployment continues to rise. Sure, it'll end eventually, but not this year.
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  • [info]jess_ka
    6/20/09 03:33 pm (UTC)
    I like the bulldozing idea; smaller footprint city/town spaces with more wild land around them--I see it as a good thing, myself.

    • [info]darinbradley
      6/20/09 04:47 pm (UTC)
      Yeah, sort of like urban reclamation—turning the emptied spaces into community gardens and such.

  • [info]selfavowedgeek
    6/20/09 04:33 pm (UTC)
    Again, much like a terrible illness, it's gotta get worse before it gets better.

    In watching the History Channel's Life after People last night, they mentioned Detroit and how 60+ square miles of the city has been abandoned for nearly thirty years, easy. We're talking almost half the area of Detroit with population zero. It's hard for many to imagine social or economic pendulums swinging back--way back--I think.

    I've been noticing locally more people bartering and talking of bartering, which I don't think is a bad thing, either. Heck, I'm bartering editing/proofing services to an uncle for lawn work. But it is to digress. . .

    RE: the upturn--There will be upticks. And downticks. But it's not going to be spread evenly across the country, let alone the world, and folks just have to get it through their heads. Event-level stuff is still possible, more so than ever.

    I saw an interesting graphic on Boing Boing the other day that showed the last twelve months' worth of spending/bailouts in comparison to a similar amount--one that took 200+ years to achieve. I'll send the link later if you're interested.
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