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Old 07-14-2008, 01:26 PM   #41 (permalink)
jamesqf
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This whole gas shortage garbage was created by Government.
What gas shortage? I haven't seen any lines at gas stations, or signs saying "No Gas Today". Seems like anyone can buy all they want, if they're willing/able to pay the price.

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We have had this major exodus from out cities due to high taxes and a decline in the quality of life. The people fled to the suburbs...
I think you've got that backwards, too. You seem to be thinking that living in a city is a normal state of affairs, when historically it's anything but. It's just that before automobiles & cheap gas, living in a city was an economic necessity for most people. When people got the means to change this, and obtain even a halfway decent quality of life by living in a suburb, they did so.

If there's a solution, it's not cramming people back into cities, but realizing that today people often don't have to be physically where the work is located.

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