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- From: fcrary@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (Frank Crary)
- Subject: Re: Emissions Inspections, is new really be
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- Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 00:52:32 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan28.162731.14311@ncar.ucar.edu> chris@chinook.atd.ucar.edu writes:
- >This gets back to my initial statement. Cheap gas has led to
- >a poor layout of infrastructure (movie theatres, markets). And
- >the poor layout forces (forces is stronger than I want, but I
- >can't come up with a better word) you to rely on your car.
-
- I'm not at all sure it's a poor layout, and the logic you use
- is backwards: Assuming transportation is easily available and
- cheap, then the current layout of infrastructure is a good
- one. The layout developed because transportation was (and is)
- avaiable; People driving alot was the cause and not the result of
- this layout.
-
- >If gas cost more, people would complain, and maybe someone would
- >build a better theatre in Boulder.
-
- Perhaps, but there would be fewer customers: Instead of a dozen
- good theaters within driving distance (and therefore a wide
- selection of movies to see) there would be one (or possibly two)
- local ones and a limited selection of movies (almost certainly
- the most popular and mainstream ones, which aren't really worth
- seeing in my opinion...). By the way, the above isn't speculation:
- In the thirties and forties, movies were popular but transportation
- was limited. A local theater showing a limited number of movies was
- the general rule.
-
- Frank Crary
- CU Boulder
-