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Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!panix!.POSTED.panix2.panix.com!not-for-mail From: jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: The insane progress nobody is talking about Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2024 15:38:38 -0000 (UTC) Organization: Public Access Networks Corp. Message-ID: <v5mldu$m1e$1@reader1.panix.com> References: <slrnv760nq.ve1.naddy@lorvorc.mips.inka.de> <v5knpl$ss2$1@panix2.panix.com> <v5lceq$2f17$1@usenet.csail.mit.edu> <nult7jlrj1697gnkmo2dmhhd8tmr2utfra@4ax.com> Injection-Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2024 15:38:38 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader1.panix.com; posting-host="panix2.panix.com:166.84.1.2"; logging-data="22574"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@panix.com" X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) Bytes: 3031 Lines: 43 In article <nult7jlrj1697gnkmo2dmhhd8tmr2utfra@4ax.com>, Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote: >On Fri, 28 Jun 2024 03:59:22 -0000 (UTC), >wollman@hergotha.csail.mit.edu (Garrett Wollman) wrote: > >>In article <v5knpl$ss2$1@panix2.panix.com>, >>Scott Dorsey <kludge@panix.com> wrote: >> >>>Boston and DC both have systems built that way, with no rings at all, and >>>it is increasingly limiting their usefulness as fewer and fewer people are >>>working in the city center. >> >>Except that's not true for Boston: it's in the suburbs where the real >>commercial real estate crash has taken place, lots of empty space in >>office parks in the 495 belt because it's just too inconvenient, >>especially for RE that was historically dominated by industries that >>are still largely work-from-home compatible. Kendall, Longwood, the >>Back Bay, and the Seaport are all well leased and have most of the >>wet-lab space beloved of our principal industry. >> >>Now it would be great if the MBTA's construction costs weren't insane >>and they were capable of doing design and engineering work in-house so >>they weren't hiring outside contractors for the simplest projects. >>Then maybe they could actually build the North-South Rail Link at >>an internationally competitive price rather than trying to give New >>York and London a run for the Guinness world record for most expensive >>mile of tunnel. That might actually make some of those more suburban >>office locations worthwhile, if they're reasonably close to a >>commuter-rail line. (Many of them still aren't, but could be if the >>MBTA had the slightest amount of strategy.) > >Perhaps a thorough audit focused on where the money is going (ie, how >many brothers-in-law of various officials are getting the contracts) >would help. > >This is /exactly/ the sort of task a sane Republican would seem to be >ideal for. There are no sane Republicans, nor uncorrupt. -- My reviews can be found at http://jamesdavisnicoll.com/ My tor pieces at https://www.tor.com/author/james-davis-nicoll/ My Dreamwidth at https://james-davis-nicoll.dreamwidth.org/ My patreon is at https://www.patreon.com/jamesdnicoll