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xxpor
on June 27, 2011
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The American suburbs are a giant Ponzi scheme
That's completely irrelevant to the point of the article. Simply put, building sewer systems and roads far distances for few people is expensive.
qjz
on June 27, 2011
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The point of the article is that the return value of suburbs is being propped up by new investment and they are destined for collapse (Ponzi scheme). There isn't a single fact in the whole muddled essay that supports this premise.
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