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Originally Posted by Jolly Amaranto
If they can use their version of "eminent domain" to get what they want, then they will justify their actions. The world is changing. That dirt is much more valuable for the development of their utopia than to to let some silly old airplanes (toys) hog it all and keep them from achieving their goals.
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Having a
unique area near living areas is
beneficial...but the idea just needs to be sold to the public.
"We pilots are not your enemy to be conquered. We are your friends."
Perhaps preservation of the airport could be sold to the public by making it an amusement area with airplane rides, a flight or mechanical school, go-karts, storage, turning hangers into factories, or whatever sticks to the wall? Or stream the airport coms on the internet so people could listen in? Or work with them collectively at community meetings to limit and make flight paths/times more acceptable as survival sometimes requires.
-Something to make having an airport nearbye "hip and unique". Travolta has his.
-Kids love airplanes.
-Something THEY possess in THEIR subdivision that OTHER SUBDIVISIONS do not have.
A few years back there was a movement by 'environmentalists' to take out Argo dam on the NW side of this town and thus return Argo pond to a thin river so the fish could swim upstream.
There was a bit of populous talk of the elite UofM Rowing team keeping the pond for themselves. That didn't happen, but the same was achieved by adding a series of cascading pools to bypass it which has now become very popular with young kayakers from all around. Having the pond for reserves would be essential for drought or hydro-electrical generation should the need occur. It absorbs heat during the summer. There are many positive reasons which people just didn't consider before until it was explained.
(and finally more gab and pic sorry)
Ann Arbor used to have a creek going through the west side before it was put into pipes underground.
There was recently a movement to bring it back to the surface and put a throughway area right downtown(central park, goldengate park, san antonio river walk, etc).
Regardless of how big the city got in the future, there would always be a pleasant little bit of nature a few blocks away.
The Rise and Fall of Allen’s Creek | Ann Arbor Observer: Then & Now
