Comments on: Rooftop Views http://snarkybytes.com/2009/07/13/rooftop-views/ Mon, 21 May 2012 18:05:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Davis Hobbes http://snarkybytes.com/2009/07/13/rooftop-views/#comment-1140 Davis Hobbes Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:10:46 +0000 http://snarkybytes.com/?p=3926#comment-1140 You know what I like about these photos is that all of the huge monuments to entertainment they display, you know, Six Flags, the new ridiculous football stadium--they all rely on a consumer and debt system which has now collapsed. So the photos capture well the kind of infrastructure that the US will no longer be able to afford to build, or maintain. Sure, you can still have football games as long as ticket prices and salaries are far, far below current levels. But the owner-builder of all this stuff will no longer be in possession. I see these buildings eventually being owned by the city-county. You know what I like about these photos is that all of the huge monuments to entertainment they display, you know, Six Flags, the new ridiculous football stadium–they all rely on a consumer and debt system which has now collapsed. So the photos capture well the kind of infrastructure that the US will no longer be able to afford to build, or maintain. Sure, you can still have football games as long as ticket prices and salaries are far, far below current levels. But the owner-builder of all this stuff will no longer be in possession. I see these buildings eventually being owned by the city-county.

]]> By: Ride Fast http://snarkybytes.com/2009/07/13/rooftop-views/#comment-1139 Ride Fast Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:31:50 +0000 http://snarkybytes.com/?p=3926#comment-1139 Neat, but what were you doing on the roof? Neat, but what were you doing on the roof?

]]> By: alan http://snarkybytes.com/2009/07/13/rooftop-views/#comment-1138 alan Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:43:14 +0000 http://snarkybytes.com/?p=3926#comment-1138 Yes it is brick. Yes it is brick.

]]> By: Christina LMT http://snarkybytes.com/2009/07/13/rooftop-views/#comment-1137 Christina LMT Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:45:24 +0000 http://snarkybytes.com/?p=3926#comment-1137 Excellent pictures, Alan! I like the ballpark. Is it brick, 'cause it looks like brick to me. :) Excellent pictures, Alan!
I like the ballpark. Is it brick, ’cause it looks like brick to me. :)

]]> By: Bob S. http://snarkybytes.com/2009/07/13/rooftop-views/#comment-1136 Bob S. Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:31:41 +0000 http://snarkybytes.com/?p=3926#comment-1136 Dang Alan, You beat me to a post that I was going to do about that area :) I've been meaning to get the camera out and document the concentration of entertainment venues in Arlington. Great shots. Not sure why you didn't post pictures of Hurricane Harbor unless those are still being .....developed ? :> Dang Alan,

You beat me to a post that I was going to do about that area :)

I’ve been meaning to get the camera out and document the concentration of entertainment venues in Arlington.

Great shots. Not sure why you didn’t post pictures of Hurricane Harbor unless those are still being …..developed ? :>

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