Before urban renewal, low income families in cities often lived in tenement slums. They had to pay rent to absentee slumlords, sometimes living without heat, electricity, or even running water.
With urban renewal, the government seized the tenement buildings and demolished them, then they replaced them with modern public housing projects, up to modern housing standards.
The [...]
We have a window unit air conditioner in our bedroom window in NYC. We’re on the third floor and water drips out onto the sidewalk. I know that means that our unit is working great, but our neighbors are angry about getting wet every time they step out our front door. We can’t begrudge them [...]
i have a presentation i have to do. its for american history. i could answer all the questions except for two.
back in the 1800s, drinking water was so dirty and whatever, and it gave people diseases. my questions are: how did urban cities and reform groups try to solve this problem? (what did they do [...]
Hi! I bought a metal bottle today for water, so i’m becoming more environment-friendly.
However, i have a question - is water in water fountains which are usually in schools, colleges, stores or wherever usually filtered or not? Or, that’s just cooled water from urban water supply without any filtering? I live in Seattle, maybe someone [...]
You have taken this great river and turned it into a sewer.
What pollution control laws you have are weak and even they aren’t enforced.
Here is a place to start: find the first major polluter upstream - it will be an industrial plant or a city. Put on trial and imprison the officials/executives in charge of [...]
My wife and I live in Muskegon, Michigan. We live in a great neighborhood about 1/10 of a mile from the beaches of Lake Michigan. The winters are bad, the economy is worse. We have a 1300 sq.ft. ranch worth about $140,000. Property is fairly cheap here. We would like to find a similar situation [...]
WHY?
Government WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE THINGS with ALL the taxes WE HAVE ALREADY PAID…
Property tax, income tax, tax on food, gas, cable, death and so on…
What did the government do with the MONEY they have received from us?
NOW WE ARE SUPPOSED TO SUPPORT A PROGRAM WITH FUTURE TAX DOLLARS TO DO WHAT GOVERNMENT SHOULD HAVE [...]
I’m starting a garden in a new space this year and I’d like to be more earth friendly. Watering the traditional way is a little difficult because it’s an urban space and hoses and whatnot aren’t available. Does anyone have suggestions on ways to reuse water or conserve water?
The obvious one is to use "clean" [...]
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What was the main problem being caused by urban sprawl in Austin?
(redo)
Increased livestock were polluting the water
Increased asphalt and concrete caused water runoff to pollute the water.
Widening highways were promoting new building in natural areas.
The increase in home building was threatening the city’s source of drinking water
-*out of [...]
Here’s the urban legend:
Man finds beautiful spot in nature, the top of a manageable waterfall, ~20-40 feet (or maybe more) above a diveable pool.
Man wants to dive off waterfall and plunge down into the cold crisp waters below. Doesn’t want to dive, doesn’t want to break his neck, belly flop or drown, so Man decides [...]
