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  • From: DSanner106 AT aol.com
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  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] the Olympics
  • Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 11:19:49 EDT

I lived through it in Atlanta for the 1996 summer games, and it does mess
up a city for a long period of
time. Atlanta is fortunate that it is a spread out town with many many
alternate ways for getting around. I was born in Illinois and know Chicago
would have a much harder time accommodating the crowds and disruption. What
these planners always forget is that the millions of regular folk still have
to go to work, the city won't close for the Olympics. Streets already
crowded with commuters become immobile when you add this many visitors, all
negotiating their way between venues. Chicago should be sighing with relief
right about now.

Drew


In a message dated 10/6/2009 11:15:30 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
mmcharry AT gmail.com writes:

What you didn't see were all the people who were at home drawing deep
sighs of relief. I was living in Chicago when the Pope visited, and it
was a mess in downtown by all reports; I stayed home.

The whole world may look bad by 2016. May we all live long enough to
find out, or maybe not.

Marie

On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 9:52 AM, Leslie <cayadopi AT yahoo.com> wrote:
> I looked at that announcement from an economic perspective, and laughed
my head off. My first thought was that the masters of the universe just
tipped their hand about their thoughts of our future in 2016. I laughed
even
harder at the stunned look of the people gathered in Chicago to celebrate
the announcement. If my guess is correct 2016 will look pretty ugly in the
US, not just Chicago.
>
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