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  • Cipher22@lemmy.worldtoFuck Cars@lemmy.worldDerby, CT road widening
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    3 months ago

    Only maybe, and assuming that the properties didn’t already belong to the city anyhow. Often a city will purchase property to be able to eat the costs for new businesses moving in. However, the back drop is empty, so this wasn’t a popular location. If the city couldn’t get someone to rent without modernization, then the result was fair for property that was likely built out of the way when the city was growing since op said they were a little older and the population was stagnate.

    I’m not arguing the road was a good call, I’m just saying keeping the buildings may not have been either. Another use would have been smarter, heck, even a solar farm given the open area to provide energy for the local community if the state government hasn’t banned it like some.


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    3 months ago

    It would been wonderful if they could’ve at least used the parking lot to host a farmers market.

    You’d be amazed on the cost to refurbish even moderately older buildings. The last time I was looking at one it was $3 million for the plumbing alone in one building from the 1940’s to be able to support CRAC units without risking soil in the lines.



  • Cipher22@lemmy.worldtoFuck Cars@lemmy.worldDerby, CT road widening
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    3 months ago

    Even completely blind guessing, over even a 5 year gap, I’ll bet the price of tearing them down was less than half the costs to the local community as keeping them and adding enough incentives to make businesses actually move in.

    They could’ve totally used the space differently after, but tearing down was very likely the smart call.

    If the road is a state route, the construction costs may even have been moved to the state tax budget and significantly save the local community money. The year on year costs wouldn’t even be a fair fight at that point. They may have even made the road expansion as an intentional call to leverage the state tax burden to alleviate local tax burdens. Not knowing the area, I’m not gonna judge the call.


  • Cipher22@lemmy.worldtoFuck Cars@lemmy.worldDerby, CT road widening
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    3 months ago

    Old buildings like that can have massive maintenance, repair, and sustained costs while also being undesirable for businesses for a lack of modern infrastructure. Given the field behind them, these weren’t central to the town and likely a good call to tear down.

    How the space was used after that’s a different discussion.






  • Cipher22@lemmy.worldto196@lemmy.blahaj.zone*Permanently Deleted*
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    5 months ago

    For the price of a burger meal, you can make a full meal with on sale bits that are 1000% better too. I’ve seen steaks at $7 for a small serving from a grocery chain. Grab that, some frozen veggies, and a bag of potatoes. You can go a long way on the price of a fast food meal nowadays.

    A package of skin on chicken thighs doesn’t even need an oil, just throw the skins in the pan. Large bags of rice keep nicely in 5 gal buckets.







  • Cipher22@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.mlYeah but the economy is doing great
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    7 months ago

    Not if you wish to count in the US. A vote cast to some random is a vote that may as well not have happened in a general election. You’re not showing a despite for the 2 party system in the federal general election. The time for that is the off year elections. Successfully get some reps or senators elected, frequently enough, then something may count there. Otherwise, the only real hope for more than 2 choices is to force one of the two parties to collapse.