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cdavidg4 t1_j652uyj wrote

Reply to comment by unndunn in Hamilton Ave in Red Hook, before and after the construction of the Gowanus Expressway and BQE in the 1940s-50s by TheSandPeople

Even if you use what's built and don't want it removed, you can also see why some people don't want more of this. Lots of people on this sub call out for new highways to be built to make their driving experience better. Well this is what you get, think they would volunteer their home for removal?

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unndunn t1_j659qx0 wrote

It happens all the time for infrastructure projects. You people bitch about houses being removed for a highway, but you’d probably sing a much different tune if the same houses were to be removed for a train line, calling those homeowners NIMBYs for blocking progress. So spare me the fake sympathy for the people who lost their homes.

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cdavidg4 t1_j65c7we wrote

Please name a recent infrastructure project that bulldozed block and blocks of buildings other than highways.

And for transit, the city can't even build an elevated train line NEXT to houses without people freaking out. Not even bulldozing them. As was the case with extending the N to LaGuardia.

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