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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

MisterP

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4. it's also a restructuring of the burbs--the strip malls aren't being torn down so much

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Wed May 11, 2016, 02:41 PM

May 2016

as they're being made more accessible and Main Streets are being "vitalized," the jumble of muffler shops and Lamps Pluses kicked out for Neapolitan pizzerias and art supply

while Santa Clarita and Santa Monica try to block rail by any means OC and the Valley are demanding better service (natch, if they don't have to pay for it--they're still suburbanites)

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it's also a restructuring of the burbs--the strip malls aren't being torn down so much MisterP May 2016 #4