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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 06:20 PM Original message |
What is the most "elastic" city in the United States? |
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MikeG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. They wear a lot of stretchy pants in Pittsburgh. Does that count? |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 06:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Aonly if they're the plaid kind with Steeler colors |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
2. Nothing in the West in elastic. |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 06:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I had heard that Seattle and Portland may be |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 06:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Seattle? No way. |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 06:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Wow I didn't realize that about Seattle |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 06:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Yes - and that model is easily seen in Europe as well. |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 07:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. oh so true about most European cities |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 06:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Portland is under Oregon's urban growth boundary law |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 08:04 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. the grand prize goes to you Lydia |
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lectrobyte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
7. Raleigh Durham is definitely inelastic |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 06:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. and we wonder whether peak oil is a real issue. |
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greekspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
9. It even happens in microcosms |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 06:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I suspect the same goes for all the steel belt cites |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
10. I'd say San Francisco is elastic |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 06:49 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. It helps that San Francisco has nowhere to expand |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 07:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Right |
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Waverley_Hills_Hiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
15. David Rusk, I think...in his book "Citys without Suburbs".... |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 07:46 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. thank you thank you thank you |
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NervousRex (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
18. Minneapolis is concrete... |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 07:57 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. No kidding |
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