Charles Grimes:
...the linear spawl along California highways is not linked to any natural system that provides for its own sustainability. They literally are in the middle of nowhere for no reason other than the abstract economic rationale of greater profit. As a consequence these communities take ever larger and larger shares of technology and natural resources to keep them alive. Eventually they will rot and blow away, like all the slap together mining towns of the gold rush, or the desert land deals that used to stretch out of Mohove, Needles and other places in hell.
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I'm inclined to agree.
In fact, taking this into account I'm beginning to think that James' Amazon buy-able battle cry, "Let's Build!" is a 21st century morphing of whatever it was that fueled the massive construction projects of Chephren/Khafra only with, should the intended audience take heed, far less durable and visually stunning results.
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