In discussions of A2 housing
In discussions of A2 housing prices we’ve had, references to New York invariably appear - this can’t possibly be an expensive place to live because it’s cheaper than Manhattan. Now The Ann Arbor News gives the same treatment to pollution. Apparently surprised at the failing grade given to Washtenaw County’s air quality by the American Lung Association, they draw a comparison: “But that’s minimal compared to other counties nationwide. Los Angeles County had 122 bad air days between 1999 and 2001.”
Lower housing prices than Manhattan, less smog than LA. This is fun. Let’s see, we’d be willing to bet that A2 has fewer traffic problems than Boston during the Big Dig. How about less crime than 1980’s New York? And let’s hear it for higher mean temperatures than Bismarck.
Reminds me of the scene in “Dr. Zhivago” where he is looking at a man with Typhus. The Communist looks at Dr. Zhivago and asks, “What’s wrong with that man?”, Zhivago answers, “He has typhus, another disease we don’t have in Moscow”.
posted by Ypsituckian on June 24th, 2004 at 1:08 am