MetaChat - Valmeyer, IL moved (the whole town!) 2 miles.

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07 September 2005

Valmeyer, IL moved (the whole town!) 2 miles. To escape flooding. The US Gov paid to move the town. A story of rebuilding and weird hope. Ignominiously posted to MeFi with nary a comment, but the story is a really good one. (The article is good too.)

post by: omiewise at: 07:25 | 5 comments

No more nary.

posted by safetyfork 07 September | 08:54

Thanks safetyfork. I mostly just wanted people to see that article, which I think is fascinating and topical. (I was kind of hoping that the post would scroll away with no comments.)

posted by omiewise 07 September | 10:38

Those are great links, omiewise. Figuring out how to re-house millions in more energy-efficient homes is a crucial question that has potentially great relevance for energy design and future energy policy. It would be ironic if, after Katrina destroyed the Gulf coast, the re-housing program destroyed millions of acres with badly-built, speculative sprawl. I'll send this to MeFi, too, once the server starts respondng again ...

posted by carter 07 September | 10:47

(I was kind of hoping that the post would scroll away with no comments.)

I suspected that may even be a possibility, but the links were good and I appreciated them. I couldn't resist commenting.

posted by safetyfork 07 September | 11:02

I was here.

posted by peacay 08 September | 01:34

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