http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/06/21/frank-levy/schools-scholarships-and-work/ Big Ideas for a Better World Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:39:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/06/21/frank-levy/schools-scholarships-and-work/#comment-102135 NYCO’s Blog » Blog Archive » Upstate NY: The Water State Mon, 03 Sep 2007 16:34:31 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/?p=231#comment-102135 [...] I have read many silly things on the Internet in my life, but quite possibly one of the most memorable silly things I’ve ever read was this post at the blog Cato Unbound about a year ago, by Frank Levy, who was discussing RichardFloridian thought and what to do about the Upstate New York Problem. Levy commented: Some of us here in the MIT city planning department believe that if the Pilgrims had landed in San Diego instead of Plymouth, most of Massachusetts would be a state park. What sane people would have dragged themselves eastward over the Rockies for the pleasure of Massachusetts’ long winters and barren farmland? Instead, the Pilgrims landed in Massachusetts and, given the poor transportation of the time, many locations in western Massachusetts and upstate New York looked pretty attractive. Over time, transportation improved and air conditioning meant the South and West could provide tolerable summers as well as the warm winters. Not so good for the Vestals and the Yonkers of the world. [...] [...] I have read many silly things on the Internet in my life, but quite possibly one of the most memorable silly things I’ve ever read was this post at the blog Cato Unbound about a year ago, by Frank Levy, who was discussing RichardFloridian thought and what to do about the Upstate New York Problem. Levy commented: Some of us here in the MIT city planning department believe that if the Pilgrims had landed in San Diego instead of Plymouth, most of Massachusetts would be a state park. What sane people would have dragged themselves eastward over the Rockies for the pleasure of Massachusetts’ long winters and barren farmland? Instead, the Pilgrims landed in Massachusetts and, given the poor transportation of the time, many locations in western Massachusetts and upstate New York looked pretty attractive. Over time, transportation improved and air conditioning meant the South and West could provide tolerable summers as well as the warm winters. Not so good for the Vestals and the Yonkers of the world. [...]

]]> http://www.cato-unbound.org/2006/06/21/frank-levy/schools-scholarships-and-work/#comment-1765 NYCO’s Blog » An inconvenient truth Thu, 22 Jun 2006 12:43:43 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/?p=231#comment-1765 [...] Via CNY Underground: Over at the Cato Institute, Richard Florida and friends are discussing the inconvenient problem of upstate New York and what is the best way to depopulate and remodel it. You see, much as the European powers that were (the ancestors of many of us) thought the Indians weren’t making very good use of the earth and needed to be re-educated — okay, removed — Richard Florida and friends think upstate New York Americans aren’t making very good use of it now either. Upstate New Yorkers, in their view, need to be decreased in population, or remodeled into Atlanta “young creative” form, and/or resettled in other parts of the country. It’s just that simple. [...] [...] Via CNY Underground: Over at the Cato Institute, Richard Florida and friends are discussing the inconvenient problem of upstate New York and what is the best way to depopulate and remodel it. You see, much as the European powers that were (the ancestors of many of us) thought the Indians weren’t making very good use of the earth and needed to be re-educated — okay, removed — Richard Florida and friends think upstate New York Americans aren’t making very good use of it now either. Upstate New Yorkers, in their view, need to be decreased in population, or remodeled into Atlanta “young creative” form, and/or resettled in other parts of the country. It’s just that simple. [...]

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