I know what's happening here, because we have it in Orlando. The I-4, not the I5 back in Seattle, cuts the skyscraper part of the city away from a residential area. That area is mostly black, and has been that way for generations. People who want more skyscrapers want to bulldoze the residential area, and are looking for a political opinion that sounds plausible. They say the freeway separates whites from blacks, and that we need to reconnect the two areas.
There are office buildings, and major companies already in the area, including the part of EA that makes Madden. Heck, the Orlando Magic play on the black side of town. The local football club has their stadium on this side.
Black people go into the urban part to party or hang out, and then head home. There is no disconnect by any standard use of observation. I am still told quite often that we need to reconnect the divide, and every single person involved wants to build a giant building. It's purely architects looking for a job.
I know what's happening here, because we have it in Orlando. The I-4, not the I5 back in Seattle, cuts the skyscraper part of the city away from a residential area. That area is mostly black, and has been that way for generations. People who want more skyscrapers want to bulldoze the residential area, and are looking for a political opinion that sounds plausible. They say the freeway separates whites from blacks, and that we need to reconnect the two areas.
There are office buildings, and major companies already in the area, including the part of EA that makes Madden. Heck, the Orlando Magic play on the black side of town. The local football club has their stadium on this side.
Black people go into the urban part to party or hang out, and then head home. There is no disconnect by any standard use of observation. I am still told quite often that we need to reconnect the divide, and every single person involved wants to build a giant building. It's purely architects looking for a job.
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Then how do these people justify talk of a "divide"? I hope it's not because you have to drive on the freeway to cross... then just build a skybridge.
There's regular roads under the freeways. It's easy to walk through.
So in what sense, if any, does the freeway divide anything?
Untill they force you to host a black in your one-room appartment, their job flooding your place with them isn't done.