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[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago (3 children)

As an American I'm just assuming that road was moved to be widened and a bunch of low income housing and many blocks worth of historic buildings were demolished in the process.

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Don't worry, the historic buildings were destroyed years ago to meet minimum parking requirements

[–] ikka@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago

They did that in my hometown... :^)

[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Good old "urban renewal".

[–] MostlyBirds@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Low income housing is a far better use of space than preserving "historic" buildings that are actually just out of code, poorly designed, and slowly decaying old houses that never actually had any historical significance.

The needs of people who are alive and struggling today are infinitely more important than your nostalgia for the homes of dead rich cunts.

[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

You totally misread what I wrote, but thanks for the pointless rant. For a minute there it felt just like being back on reddit.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Way to miss the point and go out of your way to be mean to someone who probably strongly agrees with you

[–] ParsnipWitch@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

No, the street is now underground.