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2016-06-17 -Short Attention Span Theater-

New York, Boston And D.C. Could Eventually Be One Gigantic City

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Posted by Besoeker 2016-06-17 09:42|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 Mega cities suck the resources out of everywhere else. They are not sustainable. They are vulnerable to the loss of water, electricity, and sanitation. Lose water for 3 days and the city will have to be evacuated. Think about it.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2016-06-17 10:03|| 2016-06-17 10:03|| Front Page Top

#2 Target to big to miss.

Posted by Glenmore 2016-06-17 10:06|| 2016-06-17 10:06|| Front Page Top

#3 And they attract *lots* of non-productive people.

Can we wall them off (with an option to fill it with water later)?

Posted by CrazyFool 2016-06-17 11:10|| 2016-06-17 11:10|| Front Page Top

#4 I thought it already was one, called "BosWash." Or maybe its real name is Babylon.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2016-06-17 11:18|| 2016-06-17 11:18|| Front Page Top

#5 Mega City 1.

Now all we need is Judge Dredd.

Posted by DarthVader 2016-06-17 11:22|| 2016-06-17 11:22|| Front Page Top

#6 I'd rather have Elijah Baley.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-06-17 11:51|| 2016-06-17 11:51|| Front Page Top

#7 Don't forget Baltimore.

Khanna paints a nice picture but, unless there are jobs for all the people who live in these cities they, the reality will be more like megaslums. There has to be more to attract people to these urban areas than subsidized housing, readily available heroin and EBT cards.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2016-06-17 11:59|| 2016-06-17 11:59|| Front Page Top

#8 And in San Diego we all thank the Marines for holding onto Camp Pendleton because it's such a wonderful buffer between us and Los Angeles.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2016-06-17 12:01|| 2016-06-17 12:01|| Front Page Top

#9 Deaths now exceed births in Japan. The outer villages are emptying. What population will move into a Tokyo-Osaka megacity?

New York City's growth fell last year to 0.6%, while the population of the rest of the state fell. And like Japan, the state's population is aging. I don't think New York City will be contributing much longer to this future Boston-Baltimore megacity corridor. But it's a pretty projection, one that dates back to the 1970s.

Posted by trailing wife 2016-06-17 14:01|| 2016-06-17 14:01|| Front Page Top

#10 New York, Boston And D.C. Could Eventually Be One Gigantic ~~City~~ crater

Posted by Skidmark 2016-06-17 15:16|| 2016-06-17 15:16|| Front Page Top

#11 #5 Mega City 1.

Now all we need is Judge ~~Dredd~~ Death.

Fixed.

Posted by charger 2016-06-17 17:35|| 2016-06-17 17:35|| Front Page Top

#12 And like Singapore, should be made an independent city state.

Posted by P2Kontheroad 2016-06-17 20:41|| 2016-06-17 20:41|| Front Page Top

#13 #8 - AMEN

Posted by Frank G 2016-06-17 22:05|| 2016-06-17 22:05|| Front Page Top

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