Bob Hayes
Slumburbia by Timothy Egan
They totally called this in that movie (and book) The End of Suburbia.
“Hemmed in by property tax limitations, cities were compelled to increase revenue by the easiest route: expanding urban boundaries. They let developers plow up walnut groves and vineyards and places that were supposed to be strawberry fields forever to pay for services demanded by new school parents and park users.”
h/t Julia
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anarchkitteh reblogged this from bobhayes and added:
yea, this article is great. “Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.”
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bobhayes reblogged this from loveandrage and added:
Related piece from 2008...totally called this in...movie...
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