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That third one is hilarious
I live in Worcester, MA...
There are a LOT of eyesores in Wormtown - yeah, Wormtown, that's the city's nickname. Seriously.
At least most of the old, crumbling industrial buildings downtown have been knocked down in the past 10 years.
![[User Picture]](http://l-userpic.livejournal.com/88940311/369819) | From: artlung Fri, 12-Dec-2003 5:04 PM (UTC)
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He rants better Phil Greenspun! James Kunstler is my new hero. Thanks for the pointer!
That bottom one reminds me of Cal's Barrows Hall, the monstrous wall that divides UCB from Berkeley itself.
![[User Picture]](http://l-userpic.livejournal.com/2686255/2422) | From: pyrop Fri, 12-Dec-2003 5:24 PM (UTC)
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I need to use the phrase "monkeyshit brown" more often in general conversation.
You people should /totally/ come and take a look at Polish and Hungarian cities.
![[User Picture]](http://l-userpic.livejournal.com/89976857/1300180) | From: gths Sat, 13-Dec-2003 5:56 AM (UTC)
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And, oh! The building itself! It looks like the sort of thing I'd make with Lego(tm) when I was ten.
Man, he should check out Fremont. There never was a more crappy arrangment of suburbia. Housing developments and strip malls. It makes me ill. And you'd think that for all that, it'd be easy to get around, but no, I get lost constantly.
Agreed, Fremont is fugly. Just remember, all roads lead to Paseo Padre.
![[User Picture]](http://l-userpic.livejournal.com/56838060/893995) | From: deeptape Fri, 12-Dec-2003 7:53 PM (UTC)
This should be LJ'd | (Link)
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Has anyone hacked a generalized script to watch pages for updates and stuff links to them in LJ upon such update?
The last one reminds me of what the bottom of the Flood Building in SF used to look like when Woolworth's was there.
![[User Picture]](http://l-userpic.livejournal.com/90398486/302422) | From: 33mhz Fri, 12-Dec-2003 8:27 PM (UTC)
Physician, heal thyself. | (Link)
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As funny as these are, someone with a homepage that looks like this has no business making aesthetic judgements.
Somehow the writing reminds me of Fat Chicks in Party Hats
Yet another thank you. Interesting article.
I'm unshocked that you'd support somebody who wants to burn zoning laws. Then again, now I want to burn zoning laws...
You know, I went through his entire history and was mildly disturbed by how many of them I recognized...
I grew up in upstate NY, the Schenectady area. I've been in and through Saratoga Springs, Wilton, Albany, etc, countless times in the past 33 years. Then I moved to Worcester, MA for school (and since have moved back), so I recognized that one. And for a while I worked across the street from City Hall in Boston and I had to walk past it every day on my way to/from work - so I certainly recognized that facade.
Unfortunately the most recent one is a bit problematic as I rather like the idea of children being removed to a place where I will not be forced to hear and/or see them. Thankfully the children in my own complex (this being a college town this is one of the denser apartment complexes for children unfortunately, the price one must pay for being away from keg parties) are often reasonably well-behaved and out of sight.
![[User Picture]](http://l-userpic.livejournal.com/5887295/515656) | From: jwz Mon, 15-Dec-2003 4:19 AM (UTC)
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The problem is, that playground is so user-hostile that it won't end up getting visited at all. Meaning those damned kids will keep playing on your stoop.
Personally I blame backwards parents who insist that children should be playing outdoors. I have no idea why people continue to believe in this odd myth that children must be outside or that they really, really like to be. Most adults don't like being outdoors, why are kids expected to be different? Keep the kids inside, maybe they'll learn something.
Speaking as a parent of three children ... hahahahaha.
You try keeping children indoors, and they'll kill you. Admittedly you can't *make* them go outside unless they want to but for six months of the year it's almost impossible to stop them. | |