Perhaps we should be a little more environmentally conscious? I would, for one thing, like some kind of rail system to return since oil seems destined to become the new rare commodity and people might not be flying around in the air as much as they do in a decade or so. All the next-generation rail proposals so far have been pretty bad, but even bringing back the slow, pokey Amtrak line to Los Angeles on the Union Pacific rails is better than nothing.

If the city continues to look ignorant to the natural problems, or celebrate ignoring them, we’ll lose money over time. This is the same reason I’m concerned about water and traffic.