tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651058317830668643.post925957252315314848..comments2024-03-26T19:52:25.909-04:00Comments on PT Dilloway: Two-Cent Tuesday: Haste n WastePT Dillowayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09394481476862013009noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651058317830668643.post-66728547161995760302013-03-19T18:12:42.950-04:002013-03-19T18:12:42.950-04:00On a smaller scale, I see the same thing here in P...On a smaller scale, I see the same thing here in Phoenix. A huge office building lies empty while construction of new office buildings goes on, unabated. Walmart moved out to build a new Walmart a few miles away. The old building lay empty for years. It makes me sick, too.Nigel G Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01587936933402372050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651058317830668643.post-14493542340386651512013-03-19T14:09:53.116-04:002013-03-19T14:09:53.116-04:00Oh, I like the new layout. The green is very nice....Oh, I like the new layout. The green is very nice.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651058317830668643.post-63190138714878112162013-03-19T14:09:31.021-04:002013-03-19T14:09:31.021-04:00What I really don't understand about the Detro...What I really don't understand about the Detroit situation is that there really is a lot of cheap land and facilities to be had there, right now. You'd think that some business or corporation would want to take advantage of that and move in. But, then, with manufacturing mostly being outsourced to China, maybe that makes less worthwhile.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651058317830668643.post-80730744500658140012013-03-19T14:02:48.817-04:002013-03-19T14:02:48.817-04:00I kept thinking, 'why is he spelling minimal s...I kept thinking, 'why is he spelling minimal so weird?' but then I got it. Yes, I'm brilliant that way. And I think they should bring in the world champion Sim City player to be the emergency guru. They'd probably have better success. Rusty Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09887821877521181811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651058317830668643.post-18740602693479179132013-03-19T12:46:29.144-04:002013-03-19T12:46:29.144-04:00Thanks to melting ice caps there's going to be...Thanks to melting ice caps there's going to be a lot more water than land in the future. Someone call Kevin Costner! I'll have you know though I don't waste any land.PT Dillowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09394481476862013009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651058317830668643.post-71284952054189705622013-03-19T12:43:18.636-04:002013-03-19T12:43:18.636-04:00Interesting perspective on a major city that's...Interesting perspective on a major city that's been one of the biggest hit cities of the recession. Still, I'd say it's a little presumptuous to say we waste land. There's still more land than people, and more ocean than land. It's our narrow perspective on such things that bothers me, not to mention the myopic reactionary views on global warming. It's not what you say about how things are bad that makes a difference. <i>Making a difference</i> makes a difference.Tony Laplumehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07854455859399339169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651058317830668643.post-60851892980084081902013-03-19T11:37:08.084-04:002013-03-19T11:37:08.084-04:00I have no idea what that Michael guy is talking ab...I have no idea what that Michael guy is talking about. Detroit isn't "full" of anything, really...<br /><br />PT, if I had to look at that wasteland every day I am pretty sure I would have similar thoughts running through my head. I live a good two hours west of The D and have only been there a handful of times in my life and it always seems more like entering a war-torn third world country than a once booming beacon of industry.<br /><br />The E.M. thing creeps me out too. I don't agree with it for the very reasons you stated. Detroit is Gotham City. Where's Batman?<br /><br />As for the wastefulness, I am with you 100%. Our society has become one where everything is disposable. Things can be replaced cheaper than they can be repaired, and so on. My sewing machine recently needed fixing. Do you think there is even such a thing as a sewing machine repair person these days? <br /><br />Maybe it's the global economy? Maybe it's pure laziness. I'm not sure. What I do know is, we will eventually have to pay the piper. <br /> Jstankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09710329531169432030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651058317830668643.post-69843263438053219582013-03-19T11:01:38.764-04:002013-03-19T11:01:38.764-04:00Isn't Detroit the city that has all the billio...Isn't Detroit the city that has all the billionaires or millionaires or something like that who want to buy a really beautiful park that's surrounded by water (in a river or something like that) and erect a huge city where only the rich can live and not pay any tax because it will secede from the union? I heard something like that. An island in the middle of the U.S. that isn't part of the U.S. to be a tax haven for the wealthy. Detroit is full of rich assholes.Michael Offutt, Phantom Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557969104886174930noreply@blogger.com