Joe Doakes from Como Park emails:<\/p>\n
If the dams break, if Houston is washed away, if the earth is scraped clean . . . what a wonderful opportunity for urban planners to rebuild \u2018the right way.\u2019<\/p>\n
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Tear up all freeways and residential streets.\u00a0 Replace them with bike trails and light rail.\u00a0 Mail and deliveries to be made by electric drone.<\/p>\n
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Ban fossil fuel vehicles.\u00a0 Permit electric trucks in alleys to restock stores but nowhere else.<\/p>\n
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Ban single-family houses, strip malls, chain bookstores and big-box retailers.<\/p>\n
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Build apartments with a pocket park every six blocks for picnics.\u00a0 Require space for a coffee shop, nail salon, cell phone store and sub shop in every development.<\/p>\n
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Chase away all industry. \u00a0Dig up all underground tanks from former gas stations.\u00a0 Rename public places in Esperanto to avoid cultural insensitivity.<\/p>\n
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This is an exciting opportunity.\u00a0 The city council should adopt the new plan fast, before any scruffy citizens can show up at the meetings to complain.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Wanna bet Betsy Hodges wishes we got hurricanes?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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