[Leica] Re: Atlanta woes

[lrzeitlin at optonline.net (Lawrence Zeitlin)]

On Jul 20, 2006, at 8:41 AM, Don wrote:

> A couple of years ago Atlanta finally came to terms with the EPA 
> regarding
> the comingling of storm and sanitary waste; essentially they doubled 
> the
> sewer and water taxes and built a really big bore under a large part 
> of the
> city to store run off until it could be treated.(Chicago residents will
> recognise this ploy).  This released the sewer connection embargo that 
> had
> stopped major construction in Atlanta.  So, the developers are busy 
> building
> up many thousand condo units on already jammed surface streets.  If it 
> takes
> you thirty minutes to go 0.9 miles now, and they are adding 2200 
> condo's
> with an average of 1.65 cars per condo, how long will it take you to
> go 0.9miles in one year?  Answer, you will walk as you can check out
> the parking
> lot.  :)
>

A mixed blessing indeed. My daughter-in-law sells real estate in 
Atlanta and does very well. My son drives 40 miles a day through 
Atlanta traffic and his comments are unprintable on a family oriented 
web site.

Larry Z