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04-08-2008, 10:21 AM
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Discopants and Haircuts
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Where do people work who live in Munster or Lansing or any of the other hundreds of primarily residential towns around Chicagoland? Gary residents will hop on the South Shore, which has a station conveniently located downtown, for a quick commute to their jobs in Chicago.
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Just like that huh? What if Gary residents don't want to "hop on the South Shore?" You're also making a huge assumption that there will be jobs available in Chicago.
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04-08-2008, 10:56 AM
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I would love to know how many employees of the mills actually live in Gary.
I'm sure there are some - but I would guess the majority live elsewhere.
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04-08-2008, 12:33 PM
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After much thought I think i have the answer to how to fix Gary--Does the word HIROSHIMA bring a solution to mind?
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04-08-2008, 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by domergurl
Just like that huh? What if Gary residents don't want to "hop on the South Shore?" You're also making a huge assumption that there will be jobs available in Chicago.
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You're absolutely right, what are the odds there will be jobs available in America's third largest city and one of the worlds leading business centers.  |
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04-08-2008, 02:09 PM
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After much thought I think i have the answer to how to fix Gary--Does the word HIROSHIMA bring a solution to mind?
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Nice. Really nice. |
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04-08-2008, 02:55 PM
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Discopants and Haircuts
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You're absolutely right, what are the odds there will be jobs available in America's third largest city and one of the worlds leading business centers. |
For a bunch of laid off steelworkers
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04-08-2008, 03:01 PM
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For a bunch of laid off steelworkers |
If you take another look at the fantasy scenario, the idea is to redevelop Gary to attract college educated professionals. The laid off steel workers don't have jobs now, that would be the definition of laid off. So tearing down the mills, step 1 in the process, would have no effect on them. Your query was where would people find jobs if the mills were completely gone. Where are the people living there now working? Most of them aren't in the mills. |
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04-08-2008, 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by prairiestate
If you take another look at the fantasy scenario, the idea is to redevelop Gary to attract college educated professionals. The laid off steel workers don't have jobs now, that would be the definition of laid off. So tearing down the mills, step 1 in the process, would have no effect on them. Your query was where would people find jobs if the mills were completely gone. Where are the people living there now working? Most of them aren't in the mills.
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Nobody is going to tear down those mills unless they come up with big bucks to buy out US Steel.
Since US Steel owns most of the lakefront, it's going to take a ton of money to do it. |
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04-08-2008, 09:35 PM
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Originally Posted by artemis
Nobody is going to tear down those mills unless they come up with big bucks to buy out US Steel.
Since US Steel owns most of the lakefront, it's going to take a ton of money to do it.
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And that would be why it's a fantasy scenario.  |
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04-08-2008, 09:36 PM
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...Since US Steel owns most of the lakefront, it's going to take a ton of money to do it...
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Two words:Eminent domain. |
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