April 14, 2017: During my jog yesterday I stopped and chatted
with a neighbor who was retrieving his mail. He gave me the best
explanation for what is going in our Triangle area (Chapel Hill,
Durham, Raleigh) of North Carolina.
He said that for years developers have been ravaging the Atlanta
suburbs to get them to grow-grow-grow. They succeeded. Atlanta and
all of its suburbs are now one big massive urban area where traffic
is horrendous.
With Atlanta all built out, the developers have moved their
attention to our Triangle area. They are hell-bent in replicating
their “Atlanta success”. After they are through with our area,
they will move on to some other “under populated” area of our
country.
For a more detailed explanation of their tactics see these pages on
my website:
The mantra of the developers is this paraphrase of Bobby Knight:
“If growth is inevitable, just relax and enjoy it.”
Disgusting!