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VANITY - Rebuild New Orleans as the City of Tomorrow!
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Posted on 09/21/2005 6:11:09 AM PDT by Puddleglum

Heck, if the government really is going to spend $200 billion to rebuild New Orleans, they might as well rebuild it as the city of tomorrrow complete with kelp farms, electricity generated by tides, public transportation light as a cloud and efficient and almost noiseless, parks that are nice and safe and clean. It could be a proof-of-concept city for all those innovations you see in the middle of "Popular Science" that are always "just around the corner." I draw the line at dog-walking robots and the bubble dome (for now), but you get my drift, I suppose.

Well, I am half-joking and half serious. I know if I had $200 billion to rebuild a city, I would try a few new things out, especially in regards to noise pollution, light pollution, energy efficiency, and urban design (proximity of neighborhoods to work, etc).

Any takers? Anything you'd like to see?


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To: Constitution Day; Puddleglum; Tijeras_Slim; TheBigB; Rebelbase

"Where's my flying car? I WANT MY FLYING CAR!"

21 posted on 09/21/2005 6:26:10 AM PDT by martin_fierro (Back from vay-kay)
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To: edcoil

FOX reported that 65% of blacks and 75% of whites owned vehicles in NO. I kept asking WHY no mention of this fact was made when footage after footage showed cars littering the streets and driveways of even the poorest areas.


22 posted on 09/21/2005 6:26:12 AM PDT by bonfire (dwindler)
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree
Remember when they tried to make the Kansas City School System into the multicultural system of the future?

I forgot about the schools system! There you going, trying to spend all our $200 billion in one place...

23 posted on 09/21/2005 6:26:25 AM PDT by Puddleglum (Thank God the Boston blowhard lost)
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To: Jet Jaguar

Paddle boats won't work. They take some effort.


24 posted on 09/21/2005 6:27:07 AM PDT by ladyjane
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To: Puddleglum

Let the Disney people have it.


25 posted on 09/21/2005 6:27:16 AM PDT by Leg Olam ('Pain is weakness leaving your body.' Navy Seal quote)
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To: CzarNicky
"Flying cars no city of tomorrow is complete without flying cars."

IMHO flying school buses would be more appropriate for the Big Easy.

26 posted on 09/21/2005 6:28:20 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum.)
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To: Jet Jaguar

Pedal power will serve two purposes. No pollution and good excercise.


27 posted on 09/21/2005 6:29:06 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (Ponce de Leon is coming here to look for the fountain of dumb. DC is his first stop.)
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To: Puddleglum

"I there a chance the track might bend?"


28 posted on 09/21/2005 6:30:23 AM PDT by MrNeutron1962
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To: ladyjane

Ouch!


29 posted on 09/21/2005 6:30:55 AM PDT by krb (ad hominem arguments are for stupid people)
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To: Puddleglum

"What about us drunken slobs?"


30 posted on 09/21/2005 6:30:57 AM PDT by MrNeutron1962
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To: MrNeutron1962

"Not on your life, my Hindu friend!"


31 posted on 09/21/2005 6:31:00 AM PDT by Puddleglum (Thank God the Boston blowhard lost)
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To: Puddleglum

"Were you sent here by the devil?"


32 posted on 09/21/2005 6:31:23 AM PDT by MrNeutron1962
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To: MrNeutron1962

"You'll be given cushy jobs!"


33 posted on 09/21/2005 6:31:29 AM PDT by Puddleglum (Thank God the Boston blowhard lost)
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To: Joe 6-pack
they'd still be parked underwater when the next hurricane blew in.
34 posted on 09/21/2005 6:31:38 AM PDT by CzarNicky (The problem with bad ideas is that they seemed like good ideas at the time.)
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To: Puddleglum

Check out Skyway Express for an interesting alternative to light rail or buses for public transit.


35 posted on 09/21/2005 6:32:10 AM PDT by kevkrom ("Political looters" should be shot on sight)
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To: Puddleglum

To my mind, the near-noiseless public transportation system should hover just slightly about a magnetized track and make a sound like "thribbbbbbb." Never mind - I can't do it in type.


36 posted on 09/21/2005 6:32:47 AM PDT by Puddleglum (Thank God the Boston blowhard lost)
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To: CzarNicky
Flying cars no city of tomorrow is complete without flying cars.

Just remember three simple words: Air Traffic Control.

37 posted on 09/21/2005 6:33:59 AM PDT by kevkrom ("Political looters" should be shot on sight)
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To: Puddleglum

As long as we don't have to wear those weird spandex suits they always seemed to be wearing in the "city of tomorrow"...

Actually, I think it would be a great idea to work out a creative plan and put in all sorts of neat gadgets. But it will only work if a lot of it is somehow turned over for competition in the private sector. Otherwise we'd have something sort of like any government facility - Leavenworth, say.


38 posted on 09/21/2005 6:34:36 AM PDT by livius
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To: kevkrom
A link would help... http://www.skywebexpress.com/

Another advantage is that with the elevated rails, it would probably run higher than flood levels, as long as the power stations are also elevated...

39 posted on 09/21/2005 6:36:05 AM PDT by kevkrom ("Political looters" should be shot on sight)
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To: CzarNicky
Rebuilding puts me in mind of the comment about the Tacoma bridge:

If the same bridge is built in the same place it will fail in the same way...
40 posted on 09/21/2005 6:36:47 AM PDT by lmailbvmbipfwedu
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