https://rose.geog.mcgill.ca/wordpress/?p=62 Tue, 08 Feb 2005 20:05:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.10 https://rose.geog.mcgill.ca/wordpress/?p=62&cpage=1#comment-151 Tue, 08 Feb 2005 20:05:11 +0000 /?p=62#comment-151 I think it’s funny that they left half of the wires for the Future… and didn’t think that the Future might be
wireless. It’s the way we seem to be going 🙂

]]> https://rose.geog.mcgill.ca/wordpress/?p=62&cpage=1#comment-149 Tue, 08 Feb 2005 17:29:29 +0000 /?p=62#comment-149 Fascinating. Your post reminds me of something I always found astounding in urban planning. There is a phenomenom called “feral cities”, which is a complete breakdown in the fabric of a community. This breakdown is so complete that the city is too dangerous for police; the rule of law is by gangs. In the US, you’ll see it in parts of Los Angeles and in East St. Louis. What I found amazing is the way in which people cannibalize houses: they strip the house of all its wiring. This is so much work for so little compensation (the market for copper is not good). Yet, in some places, the cost-benefit analysis works out.

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