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From: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams)
Newsgroups: net.politics.theory
Subject: Re: Private roads (and airports)
Message-ID: <1013@mmintl.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 11-Jan-86 20:42:57 EST
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Posted: Sat Jan 11 20:42:57 1986
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References: <849@mmintl.UUCP> <28200425@inmet.UUCP> <954@mmintl.UUCP> <19@calgary.UUCP> <984@mmintl.UUCP> <27@calgary.UUCP>
Reply-To: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams)
Organization: Multimate International, E. Hartford, CT
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In article <27@calgary.UUCP> radford@calgary.UUCP (Radford Neal) writes:
>> 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.

There are undoubtably exceptions; the location of the airport is not the
only factor affecting economic development.  My personal knowledge includes
Chicago, Boston, and Hartford.  Chicago and Hartford both fit the pattern.
In Boston, the airport is on the coast, and the nearby areas are already
fully developed.  There are a number of other cities where I have the
impression that the area around the airport(s) has grown more rapidly, but
I don't know them well enough to be sure.

Frank Adams                           ihpn4!philabs!pwa-b!mmintl!franka
Multimate International    52 Oakland Ave North    E. Hartford, CT 06108