• huf [he/him]
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      242 years ago

      they wont, they hate trees. i think it has to do with the genocidal colonial mindset, really. they still imagine themselves as brave pioneers clearing the ancient forest to make way for civilization.

      • SoyViking [he/him]
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        12 years ago

        It’s also something they do in Europe. Every public outdoor space has to be a brightly lit panopticon with no trees or shrubberies obstructing the view of anything as otherwise people could do crime, making law-abiding citizens feel unsafe.

        Also, a large flat featureless lawn is considered much cheaper and easier to maintain than an actual garden or park where you would have to cut hedges, prune trees and you would have to drive your giant lawn mower tractor around stuff.

        • huf [he/him]
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          parks and yards here in hungary are better on average, but yeah, the new ones are usually almost treeless.

    • sexywheat [none/use name]OP
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      Yeah they could plant a fucking orchard there. They even have lights pre-installed if the plants need a little boost in the off-months.

  • regul [any]
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    Not entirely a new idea!

    When Huey P. Long was the governor of Louisiana, he was a big football fan and wanted the state to build a new stadium for LSU, but they wouldn’t give him the money. He found out that there had been money set aside for new dorms, though, so he built a bunch of new dorms in the shape of a football stadium. LSU students lived in Tiger Stadium until the early 80s.

    Another example I can think of is that, for a time when the As were still attempting to get the city of Oakland to help subsidize their new ballpark, they were proposing that their new stadium at Howard Terminal (a port) would have housing built into the stadium. Obviously they are moving to Las Vegas, though, so that’s dead.

    And then of course you have all the other old ballparks that got torn down and replaced with housing. There’s a huge public housing complex on the site of where Ebbets Field (former home of the Brooklyn Dodgers) used to be. Same with the Polo Grounds, former home of the Yankees.

  • @Great_Leader_Is_Dead@hexbear.net
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    312 years ago

    Hope they kept all the food and drink vendors intact, so I can get wasted on BudLight and chow down on corn dogs without even having to leave my apartment complex!

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      172 years ago

      Cheaper to keep the existing parking lot intact, imo. Damn shame. So much wasted space that could be used for more housing. And the field itself is perfect for being converted into more of a park, though being on private property would make it less cool

      • Awoo [she/her]
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        It shouldn’t be cheaper than using the space for literally anything fucking useful. Using the massively wasted space to build a whole other apartment complex should vastly outweigh the costs of more efficient parking.

        I genuinely think part of the problem is a lack of imagination from developers. Debt to offset the construction costs is a no-brainer if the value of the new housing properties will be above the cost.

        The issue is that’s complicated and it’s easier on their time and brainpower to do something else nice and simple instead of something complicated. It’s money being left on the table because they can just do something easier instead.

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    Dude, I want to live in Diamond City

    EDIT: Preferably without a McDonough to have to bury