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madaboutharry

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2. Back in the 1960's the city council vetoed the idea of putting in a Freeway system.

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Tue Mar 11, 2014, 06:34 PM

Mar 2014

They didn't want their little desert town to look like Phoenix. Over the next 40 years nearly a million people moved to Tucson. And all those motorist are trying to get from one part of town to another on two lane streets. The traffic is unbearable. The days of being able to put in a highway system are long gone; neither the land nor the money is there. I can not imagine what it is going to be like with another million people.

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Welcome To Tucson; 1 Million People, Spiraling Poverty, Dwindling Water & It's Only Getting Hotter [View all] hatrack Mar 2014 OP

Grey water recycling is going to become a big industry in the southwest Warpy Mar 2014 #1

Back in the 1960's the city council vetoed the idea of putting in a Freeway system. madaboutharry Mar 2014 #2

"I can not imagine what it is going to be like with another million people. " dixiegrrrrl Mar 2014 #3

I doubt that a million more people will move there, with the change in the climate and .... northoftheborder Mar 2014 #4