ezduzit, you are really illustrating haworth's point about the class divide—"the County is tired of cleaning up after you"? your ignorant & prejudice attitude was what she was talking about. The low-income areas of Knoxville are neglected & marginalized by the City. Do you think that perhaps over time this could lead residents of those areas to feel disempowered and hopeless enough to throw their trash on the ground?... The general public's misunderstanding of the intricate & insidious consequences of the class divide are very saddening.
Further, the real motive comes out: "This project is good because it will attract 'environmentally friendly' companies to the area, like Google for example." Anyone who thinks Google is an environmentally friendly company should probably take off their rose-colored reading glasses and really look into things. Try this brilliant investigative story for starters: http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.ph...
And anyway, that really is what this is about, isn't it? Attracting business (& becoming the next Boulder or Austin). As the MP story says, Pilot is the #1 donor to Legacy Parks. Gee, this is really starting to look more and more corporate-backed.
Hell yea, let Pilot put money back into the community....and this is a bad thing? Attract new companies, decrease unemployment, better jobs, more taxes for education and other city services. OR.....let this City stagnate. Legacy Parks is doing something the City does not have the money to do....create more high-quality parks that everyone can enjoy. The Urban Wilderness Trails are located in the middle of a traditional low income area and most of the residents in the area are receptive and some use the trails. These trails WILL increase their property values. How is this Bad? This is a pure win- win situation.
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ezduzit writes:
Hell yea, let Pilot put money back into the community....and this is a bad thing? Attract new companies, decrease unemployment, better jobs, more taxes for education and other city services. OR.....let this City stagnate. Legacy Parks is doing something the City does not have the money to do....create more high-quality parks that everyone can enjoy. The Urban Wilderness Trails are located in the middle of a traditional low income area and most of the residents in the area are receptive and some use the trails. These trails WILL increase their property values. How is this Bad? This is a pure win- win situation.
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