There will be no significant federal resources, aid, or financial relief dedicated to the East Palestine disaster that federal and state governments’ ineptness worsened. The main reason is the federal government is doing little for East Palestine can be traced.to the state of the United States government’s budget. The United States is broke!
Category Archives: Cities
Jane Jacobs – Cities, then Agriculture!
The oldest human settlement is Karahan Tepe. The economy of the settlement was based on trade and hunting. Jane Jacobs was correct that agriculture is an effect of the human settlement. # Jacobs #cities
Fear of Nuclear War & Suburban Sprawl
The fear of nuclear war drove the government to depopulate urban areas and citizens to flee cities to escape atomic oblivion. #Suburban-Sprawl
COVID-19 Kills Old People!
Isn’t it interesting that COVID-19 kills the chronically sick and the elderly? Both groups are economic drags on the economies of the USA and China! Is it possible that the virus was jointly developed in Wuhan by USA and China and was not fully weaponized when it got out of the lab and before aContinue reading “COVID-19 Kills Old People!”
CO2 Rationing?
CO2 is not a problem, but if governments are going to push the silliness forcing Carbon Rationing then: 1.) No CO2 credits for the rich and powerful. We all suffer! 2. Everyone receives the same amount of CO2 to use. No transfers or exchanges. There must be no exceptions. Bureaucrats and the rich do notContinue reading “CO2 Rationing?”
Tax Exceptions Distorts the Nation!
There is No FREE Lunch! No organization can be independent if it has no economic independence from the nefarious enforcement arm of Washington DC, the IRS is. Churches, non-profits, and schools can not be independent of government and express views opposed by the government if it is beholden to the same for financial favors. OnceContinue reading “Tax Exceptions Distorts the Nation!”
What’s the Problem with Urban Planning?
The problem with urban planning is Urban Planning! Urban planning is that it is: dictatorial; represents the vision of a few; disenfranchises most of a city’s population and their neighborhoods; stifles innovation; dilutes civic power and wealth from the many to the few; stifles innovation; stagnates economic and business; picks losers and winners, and distortsContinue reading “What’s the Problem with Urban Planning?”
Smart Cities
Another buzz word fad fades away.
City-Loving Malaria Mosquitoes
African city officials and business owners should know malaria is not just a rural problem. This scourge that has plagued Africa for millennia has moved into African cities. This Asian mosquito indigenous to South-East Asia has migrated to cities in Eastern Africa. Anopheles Stephens is an urban vector that thrives in man-made habitats. This city-lovingContinue reading “City-Loving Malaria Mosquitoes”
Social Distance for Months, Now Board A Crowded Bus or Subway Car!
Seriously, does anyone think transit ridership is coming back anytime soon? Many changes to buses, subway cars, and stations will be needed to get ridership on subways and buses back to pre-COViD-19 levels. Subway cars and buses have to be cleaned often, and air exchange increased. Wait time for trains and buses have to decreaseContinue reading “Social Distance for Months, Now Board A Crowded Bus or Subway Car!”
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