Newcomers to area should just go away
Dear editor,
The argument that “If we build it they will come” is so bogus that, if it weren’t such a serious matter it would be laughable. [Who needs Timberline extension, January issue].
The southern part of our state is littered with thousands of empty lots, deserted streets, and bankrupt developers, because someone bought into thisvacuous theory. For that matter look at our mountain ghost towns: Empty buildings, crumbled foundations, broken memories. Nice place to live. Noplace to work. Professorial hypothecating to the contrary, it just doesn’t hold water. Witness the present day dilemma of TempeScottsdalePhoenix. Thirty years ago
well-intentioned polticians…
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