Comments on: Cities Growing Faster Than Suburbs–NOT!

By: the highwayman

the highwayman — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 05:49:50 +0000

How is government a benevolent French Kiss of joy, pleasure and titillation?

I’m a conservative, not a libertarian.

By: Iced Borscht

Iced Borscht — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 19:21:40 +0000

These economic mercenaries of CATO and their demon SOULS have decided to feast on the carrion of anyone who (gasp) believes government isnâ€™t a benevolent French Kiss of joy, pleasure and titillation.

Apologies for this part making no sense. It was late, and I was riffing incoherently.

By: bennett

bennett — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 18:50:29 +0000

“Cato exists solely to carry out the ominous cha cha cha of Ayn Rand while remaining willfully oblivious to any and all social and cultural problems …”

Pretty much. I’d sugarcoat it a little more though.

By: Iced Borscht

Iced Borscht — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 07:01:32 +0000

So, let me get this straight. Highwayman, you like to take shots at Randal and (what you perceive to be) his evil Cato handlers.

In your apparent view, Cato exists solely to carry out the ominous cha cha cha of Ayn Rand while remaining willfully oblivious to any and all social and cultural problems because the only thing that matters in LIFE AND ESPECIALLY AT CATO is profit yielded from the crushed spines of the poor, women, children and elderly.

These economic mercenaries of CATO and their demon SOULS have decided to feast on the carrion of anyone who (gasp) believes government isn’t a benevolent French Kiss of joy, pleasure and titillation.

Highwayman, did a road touch you inappropriately at some point in your formative years? Put down the shy, emasculated male teen novels for f#ck’s sake.

By: the highwayman

the highwayman — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 01:16:54 +0000

If I’m a troll, then I’m a troll against bullshit.

O’Toole’s case is purely political, not economic.

Roads don’t have to make money. So why should railroads have to make money?

By: MJ

MJ — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 15:53:36 +0000

Fred,

The general philosophy of this blog is that people are free to state their opinion, however foolish it may make them look. I tend to agree with this. Unless someone is spamming the site with advertisements (which has remarkably not been much of a problem — probably due to the login requirement), I don’t see any particular reason to ban any of the frequent posters. Trolls are trolls. The best way to handle them is to ignore them and not give them the attention they crave.

By: Fred_Z

Fred_Z — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 04:12:07 +0000

I have been reading this blog for quite a few years and love the Dan/DS/highwayman axis of evil, and more importantly the fact that the AP does not ban these offensive fools.

Why?

Surely it’s obvious. They make his case.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 23:11:59 +0000

why not just extrapolate the growth rates for cities from 2000 to 2010, converted to an annual basis?

That was already done. This was a report for a different time period.

Is there any reason to believe that central city growth rates are systematically related to the growth rates of the counties they are located in?

Probably for many areas yes.

One must wonder: since what they did in this instance is what is done all the time, where was all the complaining about suburban growth rates in the past being skewed?

By: bennett

bennett — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 22:12:02 +0000

When I do the projections I do it at the blockgroup level (Using the 2000-2010 method you describe). It’s still far from perfect.

By: the highwayman

the highwayman — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:23:03 +0000

metrosucks; James Kunstler refers to the auto-centered world as â€œthe evil empire.â€ Metro advocates such as Portland City Commissioner Charles Hales often talk of people having a â€œlove affair withâ€ or being â€œaddicted toâ€ their cars, as if use of the auto was somehow irrational.

THWM: It’s more like a love/hate thing, just look at a cul-de-sac.

Though suburbs don’t have to be hostile places either, they can be walkable and transit friendly too.