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Comment Re:Someone should look-up the term "Rebound" (Score 1) 191

Many of these rust-belt cities have struggled for so long that suburban sprawl has been quite limited. Many of them have intact urban downtowns that are run-down and many of these towns and cities have been focusing on smart urban renewal of these downtown areas. They won't be making the same mistakes again. And they don't need a whole generation of investment to make them great little places to live.

They still need ongoing jobs. And this is the elephant in the room as far as fracking goes. It's boom-bust all over again.

The money isn't really in the product, the money is really in creating enough buzz to get some other sucker to put his money into a well so that you can cash out. Once that stream of suckers^Hinvestors drops out, the economy drops out. Quickly.

So in ten years you will seen storefronts boarded up again. They won't be storefronts from the 50's and '60s (the last boom and bust cycle), they will have LED lights and fake granite counter tops and old Wifi routers. But they will be boarded up.

Comment There is nothing wrong with your television set. (Score 3, Insightful) 184

Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. If we wish to make it louder, we will bring up the volume. If we wish to make it softer, we will tune it to a whisper. We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical. We can roll the image, make it flutter. We can change the focus to a soft blur or sharpen it to crystal clarity. For the next hour, sit quietly and we will control all that you see and hear. We repeat: there is nothing wrong with your television set. You are about to participate in a great adventure. You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the inner mind to – The Outer Limits.

Just a bit before their time.

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