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From: laura@hoptoad.uucp (Laura Creighton)
Newsgroups: net.politics.theory
Subject: Re: Private roads (and airports)
Message-ID: <403@hoptoad.uucp>
Date: Tue, 7-Jan-86 04:35:27 EST
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In article <984@mmintl.UUCP> franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams) writes:
>
>Really?  I think you will find that a majority of the U.S. population has
>flown; I would guess an overwhelming majority.  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.)
>
>Not building an airport is a viable option for a large city if it doesn't
>care about the well being of its inhabitants.
>

I think that having an airport is great for the people who move in to the
area because jobs were created because there was an airport -- but it is
very debateable whether or not the existing citizens received a net
benefit.  Is it to the advantage of the people of a city when their
population of 750,000 soars to over a million in 3 years?  I don't know.
I don't know how to figure out, either.

-- 
Laura Creighton		
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