Friday, December 14, 2007
8-10 REASONS WHY I AM GLAD I LIVE IN PALM SPRINGS
I know it is none of my business now but this article contains two of the main reasons we are in Palm Springs or someplace, not Boston.
As snow melts, officials look at what went wrong
The first is the obvious—8 to 10 inches of snow in as many hours.
The second is the traffic snarl that resulted—enormous. Not the snarls. The enormous traffic.
We saw this coming.
Boston bigger.
The 'big dig' meant more traffic where it shouldn't be. Unimpeded.
Except by nature or man made catastrophe.
As my Dad once said, "There are just too goddam many people!".
All that money to make it easier for people to get out and drive all over.
Don't get me wrong. It isn't just Boston.
You can see the same problem here.
LA freeways gave everyone the freedom to drive anywhere they wanted until too many people tried to do it and now there is gridlock most daylight hours.
Give us a fire or an accident or anything to impede the flow and there is all hell to pay.
But I loved Boston the way it was.
A sweet walkable quiet city. Especially in the snow!
It is way too big now.
I know.
You can't stop growth.
But we had better figure out a way to do so or we will drown in our own excesses.
