06-13-2009, 03:52 PM
<b>US cities may have to be bulldozed in order to survive </b>
<i>Dozens of US cities may have entire neighbourhoods bulldozed as part of drastic "shrink to survive" proposals being considered by the Obama administration to tackle economic decline. </i><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>"The real question is not whether these cities shrink â we're all shrinking â but whether we let it happen in a destructive or sustainable way," </b>said Mr Kildee. "Decline is a fact of life in Flint. Resisting it is like resisting gravity."
Karina Pallagst, director of the Shrinking Cities in a Global Perspective programme at the <b>University of California, Berkeley, said there was "both a cultural and political taboo" about admitting decline in America.</b>
<b>"Places like Flint have hit rock bottom. They're at the point where it's better to start knocking a lot of buildings down,"</b> she said
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<i>Dozens of US cities may have entire neighbourhoods bulldozed as part of drastic "shrink to survive" proposals being considered by the Obama administration to tackle economic decline. </i><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>"The real question is not whether these cities shrink â we're all shrinking â but whether we let it happen in a destructive or sustainable way," </b>said Mr Kildee. "Decline is a fact of life in Flint. Resisting it is like resisting gravity."
Karina Pallagst, director of the Shrinking Cities in a Global Perspective programme at the <b>University of California, Berkeley, said there was "both a cultural and political taboo" about admitting decline in America.</b>
<b>"Places like Flint have hit rock bottom. They're at the point where it's better to start knocking a lot of buildings down,"</b> she said
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