I just drove over a pothole that was the entire width of the road. No way to avoid it. I thought I was going to go in. Holy fuck, if you're going to destroy public transit, then make sure your alternative actually works!
I just drove over a pothole that was the entire width of the road. No way to avoid it. I thought I was going to go in. Holy fuck, if you're going to destroy public transit, then make sure your alternative actually works!
Ugh. I had forgotten about that dynamic. Its absolutely true, especially in California, where property taxes go up less than inflation, unless it changes hands. So cities don't give a shit about the old neighborhoods. Making them nice doesn't help their tax revenue. Creating new developments on the other hand, bring in new, full price property taxes. All they have to do is let some developer grease the wheels of government a little bit, and they make some protected land available for building.