I spotted those pics from Lakeland, Florida at http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=5323316&postcount=288
Looks like a new kind of "urban prairie".
Some of the abandoned-but-paved neighborhoods make for good places to test out the slip angles and steering geometry of one's horseless carriage, although its safer to do a walkaround first!
I see a lot of this when I fly into Atlanta; on the other hand, some homeowners probably enjoy a little extra room between their neighbor, and so as long as there's no dumping or abandoned eyesores, it could help the resale value in time.
Here's an older one from the 1980s: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Compound
Quote from: NE2 on June 22, 2011, 10:13:32 AM
Here's an older one from the 1980s: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Compound
Holy Motown Urban prairie Batman! :-o :wow:
I just saw the satellite shots on Google maps and it's atsounding!
Looking around the whole of Florida reveals similarly abandoned streets in most cities such as this (http://maps.google.com/?ll=27.054998,-82.068644&spn=0.030384,0.072098&t=k&z=15&layer=c&cbll=27.054924,-82.06868&panoid=6k2v4jvJn5hscxpEiQo6SQ&cbp=12,215.86,,0,9.64) where the pavement is becoming overgrown and will soon be wide enough for only a single vehicle to pass. It also appears to be in the middle of a jungle.
It's not only the streets that are abandoned. This (http://maps.google.com/?ll=27.044163,-82.078419&spn=0.030387,0.072098&t=k&z=15&layer=c&cbll=27.044163,-82.078419&panoid=0hvTKIodfOWhQ0DxVV2fBw&cbp=12,10.22,,0,0.86) lone house doesn't look as though it's lived in.
Quote from: NE2 on June 22, 2011, 10:13:32 AM
Here's an older one from the 1980s: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Compound
Reading the Wikipedia article sums up the stupidity of the average American voter nowadays:
"There are hundreds of miles of roads that are in such poor condition that the city Public Works Department considers them unserviceable. The voters have consistently defeated measures which would have improved roads, termed the worst in Brevard. In 2005 they voted down a $58.7 million bond measure. In 2009, they defeated a $75.2 million tax referendum. In 2010, voters living in areas with the worst roads, voted 9-1 against $44.7 million assessment for repairing them. In 2011, the city government created a Palm Bay Road Maintenance District that they hope can levy taxes and alleviate the situation."
Quote from: Stephane Dumas on June 22, 2011, 04:35:05 PM
Quote from: NE2 on June 22, 2011, 10:13:32 AM
Here's an older one from the 1980s: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Compound
Holy Motown Urban prairie Batman! :-o :wow:
I just saw the satellite shots on Google maps and it's atsounding!
It says quite a bit about the utter foolishness of such a development that this era's sprawl boom could not get builders to build in The Compound. Of course, this is not unheard of: South of Colorado Springs, there's a development called Rancho Colorado that fronts I-25. The planning started in the 1970s, ran into problems with water supply, and as of 2011 had, maybe, a couple dozen trailers on the development. Now that the Army has purchased most of the development, and got covenants restricing further housing development, those couple dozen trailers maybe all that will be of Rancho Colorado.
Quote from: nyratk1 on June 22, 2011, 05:47:12 PM
Quote from: NE2 on June 22, 2011, 10:13:32 AM
Here's an older one from the 1980s: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Compound
Reading the Wikipedia article sums up the stupidity of the average American voter nowadays:
"There are hundreds of miles of roads that are in such poor condition that the city Public Works Department considers them unserviceable. The voters have consistently defeated measures which would have improved roads, termed the worst in Brevard. In 2005 they voted down a $58.7 million bond measure. In 2009, they defeated a $75.2 million tax referendum. In 2010, voters living in areas with the worst roads, voted 9-1 against $44.7 million assessment for repairing them. In 2011, the city government created a Palm Bay Road Maintenance District that they hope can levy taxes and alleviate the situation."
What's so silly about the decisions made by Brevard County voters? You do realize that these folks have taken something of a 40% haircut on their property values in the last 5 years, with possibly more drops coming, and that asking them to help pay for roads that lead to such abandoned developments as The Compound aren't going to sit well for some time to come.
Quote from: nyratk1 on June 22, 2011, 05:47:12 PM
Reading the Wikipedia article sums up the stupidity of the average American voter nowadays...
That section (as with the rest of the page), couldn't be more NPOV if it included a campaign button.
Quote from: nyratk1 on June 22, 2011, 05:47:12 PM
Quote from: NE2 on June 22, 2011, 10:13:32 AM
Here's an older one from the 1980s: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Compound
Reading the Wikipedia article sums up the stupidity of the average American voter nowadays:
"There are hundreds of miles of roads that are in such poor condition that the city Public Works Department considers them unserviceable. The voters have consistently defeated measures which would have improved roads, termed the worst in Brevard. In 2005 they voted down a $58.7 million bond measure. In 2009, they defeated a $75.2 million tax referendum. In 2010, voters living in areas with the worst roads, voted 9-1 against $44.7 million assessment for repairing them. In 2011, the city government created a Palm Bay Road Maintenance District that they hope can levy taxes and alleviate the situation."
"Wanna buy some swampland in Florida?" has been a cliché here in American lexicon for many decades now, with a sarcastic meaning regarding charging $$$$$ for something major that is essentially worthless and unusable.
:colorful:
About the only people who have actually done 'well' in the long run with Florida swampland has been the Walt Disney company.
:spin:
Mike
Quote from: brad2971 on June 22, 2011, 07:03:14 PM
Quote from: nyratk1 on June 22, 2011, 05:47:12 PM
Quote from: NE2 on June 22, 2011, 10:13:32 AM
Here's an older one from the 1980s: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Compound
Reading the Wikipedia article sums up the stupidity of the average American voter nowadays:
"There are hundreds of miles of roads that are in such poor condition that the city Public Works Department considers them unserviceable. The voters have consistently defeated measures which would have improved roads, termed the worst in Brevard. In 2005 they voted down a $58.7 million bond measure. In 2009, they defeated a $75.2 million tax referendum. In 2010, voters living in areas with the worst roads, voted 9-1 against $44.7 million assessment for repairing them. In 2011, the city government created a Palm Bay Road Maintenance District that they hope can levy taxes and alleviate the situation."
What's so silly about the decisions made by Brevard County voters? You do realize that these folks have taken something of a 40% haircut on their property values in the last 5 years, with possibly more drops coming, and that asking them to help pay for roads that lead to such abandoned developments as The Compound aren't going to sit well for some time to come.
Welp, letting your infrastructure go to crap isn't the best way to deal with that.