How a city works...

Lamplighter · 10-28-2012, 10:49 AM

My post above is representative of the city where I've lived for 36 yrs.
It is in turmoil over a similar sequence of events mentioned in the article.

Like other cities, we have railroad tracks crossing major roadways.
Now talks are underway to convert/add those tracks into "high speed"
rails for trains carrying coal to a coastal port in southern Oregon.

The NIMBY crowd in this small, highly affluent and influential bedroom community of PDX are gathering.
... a new bridge... jobs... noise... coal dust... d-a-n-g-e-r... think of OUR children...

It remains to be seen whether this island of suburbia can divert
the proposal over to one of the "other" towns along the river.

10-28-2012, 10:49 AM	#10
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	My post above is representative of the city where I've lived for 36 yrs. It is in turmoil over a similar sequence of events mentioned in the article. Like other cities, we have railroad tracks crossing major roadways. Now talks are underway to convert/add those tracks into "high speed" rails for trains carrying coal to a coastal port in southern Oregon. The NIMBY crowd in this small, highly affluent and influential bedroom community of PDX are gathering. ... a new bridge... jobs... noise... coal dust... d-a-n-g-e-r... think of OUR children... It remains to be seen whether this island of suburbia can divert the proposal over to one of the "other" towns along the river.

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