Once a site of rolling hills and trees. Then it was "gentrified"!
Feb 8, 2023 08:24:42 #
Retired CPO wrote:
And Elon Musk is sweating out slowing or reversing population growth! I'm a big admirer of his. But no one is right all of the time!
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Feb 8, 2023 08:41:05 #
There are too many people------ Practice birth control .
Also, mankind is on a path of self destruction .
Also, mankind is on a path of self destruction .
Feb 8, 2023 08:48:16 #
redtooth wrote:
There are too many people------ Practice birth control .
Also, mankind is on a path of self destruction .
Also, mankind is on a path of self destruction .
So, how many kids are "acceptable"?
Is three too many?
Feb 8, 2023 09:08:20 #
Longshadow wrote:
So, how many kids are "acceptable"?
Is three too many?
Is three too many?
Feb 8, 2023 09:18:47 #
Feb 8, 2023 09:33:59 #
It's only progress for the building companies and the taxing agencies.
Feb 8, 2023 09:41:36 #
gvarner
Loc: Central Oregon Coast
Stephan G wrote:
I am sure, like many, you have asked, "Where are the jobs for the coming people who will rent out or buy the living areas (at a high mark up)?" Where are the jobs for them? I can't believe that the industries will follow to use the people. Many industries have been moving out of other areas for relocation, and still it will not be enough to maintain the lifestyles.
This is the flaw in our modern economy - people are gathered where the jobs are, not jobs gathering to where the people are. Jobs move away and their dependent communities collapse.
Feb 8, 2023 09:42:17 #
gvarner wrote:
This is the flaw in our modern economy - people are gathered where the jobs are, not jobs gathering to where the people are. Jobs move away and their dependent communities collapse.
Feb 8, 2023 09:49:00 #
StanMac
Loc: Tennessee
Stephan G wrote:
This started as a farmland with steer munching on the grass where now we see the pool of water and the earth-mover. Where the buildings are, it was forested with hardwoods and firs. Where the power lines can be seen, there was a shallow ravine that is no longer there.
From a pleasant farm area, "Teddy R." ran across yelling "Charge!" and they "Gentrified"! (Teddy R. from "Arsenic and Old Lace.)
This has just happened in less than a year.
From a pleasant farm area, "Teddy R." ran across yelling "Charge!" and they "Gentrified"! (Teddy R. from "Arsenic and Old Lace.)
This has just happened in less than a year.
I wouldn’t call that “gentrification”. I’d call that maximizing ROI.
Stan
Feb 8, 2023 09:52:46 #
StanMac wrote:
I wouldn’t call that “gentrification”. I’d call that maximizing ROI.
Stan
Stan
I'm sure the developers see it that way also.
Feb 8, 2023 09:55:53 #
Architect1776 wrote:
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If you read his public statements, Elon Musk thinks the biggest danger for human kind, long term, is a decreasing human population. Of course, his Billions came from selling to mass markets. So that makes sense to him! But overpopulation is a clear and present danger to future generations, as it is to us. Just a fact. As I said, I admire him and what he is doing greatly. But he is wrong here. Just as everyone is wrong about something, sometime.
Feb 8, 2023 10:10:50 #
Longshadow wrote:
So, how many kids are "acceptable"?
Is three too many?
Is three too many?
Yes, in my opinion. But better than four! I have nine surviving brothers and two sisters! Is that too much? Yes! But I love all of them! And I'm glad that I wasn't left out! Most of us have two or less kids. Some have none and aren't planning to change that. My two have both decided to have none. I applaud that, with regret that my millions of years old gene line has come to a screeching halt!
Feb 8, 2023 10:17:44 #
Retired CPO wrote:
Yes, in my opinion. But better than four! I have nine surviving brothers and two sisters! Is that too much? Yes! But I love all of them! And I'm glad that I wasn't left out! Most of us have two or less kids. Some have none and aren't planning to change that. My two have both decided to have none. I applaud that, with regret that my millions of years old gene line has come to a screeching halt!
9, kinda makes up for a couple of the people who didn't have any.
Feb 8, 2023 10:53:36 #
Reminds me of a song from Paint Your Wagon.
The First Thing You Know - YouTube
The First Thing You Know - YouTube
Feb 8, 2023 11:01:04 #
Longshadow wrote:
9, kinda makes up for a couple of the people who didn't have any.
Exactly!
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