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Arkansas

HassleCat

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1. An unfortunate trend

Reply to LiberalArkie (Original post)

Sun Oct 25, 2015, 07:11 PM

Oct 2015

So many cities replace their old neighborhoods with freeway to facilitate the movement of suburbanites in and out of the city. The city itself benefits very little from all this, aside from the businesses who employ said suburbanites. It seems the only defense is gentrification, which has some drawbacks of its own.

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STOP the freeway expansion; Highway Department feeling some heat [View all] LiberalArkie Oct 2015 OP

An unfortunate trend HassleCat Oct 2015 #1

I understand that yes, something different is needed, but I also understand that there are some Hestia Oct 2015 #2