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From: radford@calgary.UUCP (Radford Neal)
Newsgroups: net.politics.theory
Subject: Re: Private roads (and airports)
Message-ID: <27@calgary.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 6-Jan-86 21:47:49 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan  6 21:47:49 1986
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> In article <19@calgary.UUCP> radford@calgary.UUCP (Radford Neal) writes:
> >In the case of airports, this is easily explained by air travel being
> >a luxury of the ruling class. They were built by the government because
> >this class found it cheaper to use their political power than to pay more
> >for air fares.
> 
> Really?  I think you will find that a majority of the U.S. population has
> flown; I would guess an overwhelming majority.

Really? I would guess that even today maybe 30% haven't flown. One of us
will have to actually do work looking up statistics to resolve this one...

I was actually thinking more of an earlier period when airports were 
first being built however, not the current situation.

> Having an airport nearby
> is very advantageous for a city (execpt for that relatively small area
> which suffers from the noise).  There is a consistent pattern in major
> cities of suburbs near airports growing much faster than those which are
> not.  This is because businesses like to be near airports, and it is
> advantageous to be in an area where there are lots of businesses.
> (Because businesses provide jobs, among other reasons.)

This doesn't jive with my personal knowledge of Calgary, where the fastest
growing area is furthest away from the airport.

       Radford Neal