Re: Are we protected from Junk Food Corporations?

From: DonQuijote1954 (nolionnoproblem_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/04/04 

Date: 3 Sep 2004 19:53:13 -0700

"Lictor" <ghostmlNOSPAM-REMOVE@online.fr> wrote in message news:<4137cc47$0$20160$79c14f64@nan-newsreader-04.noos.net>...
> "MikeL" <MikeL@elnet.com> wrote in message
> news:j8dfj0pl0oncipe1fr96j610q2dkg6veoc@4ax.com...
> > I was riding my bicycle around the neighborhood sometimes 5 miles to
> > an arcade or just playing in backyards. I truly feel sorry for kids
> > today that live in these cookie cutter houses that were built on a
> > corn field.
>
> We come back to the problem of urbanism... We are just beginning to perceive
> how deeply how we build our cities and villages can impact both daily life
> and society as a whole.

Nice viewpoints, Lictor. New Urbanism offers a lot of hope but, as
often happens at the political level, is either ignored or underfunded
in favor of the sprawl.

"SPRAWL IS NOT INEVITABLE. It is not an unavoidable symptom of modern
growth. Sprawl is the direct result of specific government
transportation choices and policies, combined with archaic zoning
laws."

more...

http://www.newurbanism.org/pages/416433/index.htm