Theories of urban renewal

by on July 15, 2006 at 2:02 am in Philosophy | Permalink

If you could change one thing about NYC/Russia, what would it be?

New York: End the mall-ification of the city. Throw out many rich
people and replace with adorable starving artists. Make Manhattan much
poorer.

Petersburg: Start the mall-ification of the city. Throw out the
nationalist punks and replace with normal middle class folks. Make the
city much more prosperous.

That is Gary Shteyngart, via Bookslut.

KipEsquire July 15, 2006 at 8:48 am

Why bother expelling the rich — why not just kill them?

Sandy P July 15, 2006 at 2:23 pm

Nah, just get rid of rent control and take more of their money…..

Bonus – causing the UN thugs to also pay more or curtail their lower lifestyle…

Anonymous October 13, 2008 at 11:38 pm

Comments on this entry are closed.

Previous post:

Next post: