A number of things were happening. Cars were becoming cheaper and more accessible. NYC was growing, leading to development in Long Island.
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Who are these tunnels going to serve? The Latino communities in LA? Or are we just running them straight to the rich neighborhoods?
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Robert Moses permanently shaped the cultural landscape of New York City. It is what it is because of him. But it is what is because of him.
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What will Elon Musk do? What centuries-long impacts on our cities will he have, and who will profit from them? Who will pay?
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@langdonw wrote about this in "Do Artifacts have Politics" almost *40 years ago.* https://innovate.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Winner-Do-Artifacts-Have-Politics-1980.pdf … -
Moses did this in several cities, including New Orleans.
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And here in Portland
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Idk if Moses was involved but this sounds a LOT like Chicago. It's not an accident most CTA lines serve historically white hoods.
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He wasn't directly, but his "planning" solutions informed the implementation of segregation, even in major cities that did not hire him.
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Robert Moses got things built.
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“Hitler got things built.” “Stalin got things built.” “Map got things built.”
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It has a tragedy/farce element to it.
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Everything Elon does ultimately leads back to colonizing Mars. Earth has the investors who require ROI - Mars has radiation to hide from.
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Elon's tunnel borer on this planet is just a well masked prototype for a Martian city builder.
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OH: The main purpose of hyperloop is to prevent CA HRS from becoming a reality (and thus from competing with Tesla cars)
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HSR (High-Speed Railway), even. 2017, and I still can't edit tweets.
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I don't buy this comparison at all. If Musk isn't careful he could do bad things, but I have no reason to think that's his intention.
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I don't think it's his intention. Was it even Moses's? The point is such projects are inherently political, & risk unintended consequence
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Musk is spending quite a lot of money on transport innovation, but is he going to single-handedly twist city planning to be anti poverty?
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And, tbf, some of his previous tone-deaf comments lend themselves to fears that such considerations might be neglected,.
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Wasn't aware of such comments..? I mean I wouldn't be surprised if he wasn't exactly connected with the common American, but still…
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I don't think it's too much of a stretch to say Elon Musk may be a little bit autistic. Does that warrant comparing him with Moses? Eh. No.
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Or he may be an actual genius.
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Not like the two are mutually exclusive in any way, shape or form, but I don't think it's particularly in doubt that he is a genius.
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