tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post7096903218288502590..comments2024-03-28T09:22:36.967+13:00Comments on Offsetting Behaviour: DowntownEric Cramptonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-76443093862634359932015-02-16T19:01:39.085+13:002015-02-16T19:01:39.085+13:00She's depressingly right. Last week I had a m...She's depressingly right. Last week I had a meal at the new Corianders on St Asaph St. Having inhaled a couple of pre-curry lagers (actually ales) at CBD, I left the car sparked outside it on Tuam St. When I wandered back a couple of hours later, I didn't see a single person during the 3-block trip. Not one. Nada. Zilch. Zero.<br /><br />I did, however see a cordoned-off block of High St that clearly hasn't been touched since 22/11/11. It looked like London during the Blitz. No wonder the place is deserted.<br /><br />CERA and CCDU have very successfully entrenched the damage wrought by the quakes.Glenn Boylenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-16524726547775770012015-02-16T16:06:02.389+13:002015-02-16T16:06:02.389+13:00Came out of Treasury, which reckoned that downtown...Came out of Treasury, which reckoned that downtown would be too spread out and that nobody would build nice things unless land prices were pumped up. Names? Dunno.Eric Cramptonhttp://offsettingbehaviour.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-11101606063946640002015-02-16T15:14:21.723+13:002015-02-16T15:14:21.723+13:00"... some bright spark reckoned that because ..."... some bright spark reckoned that because great cities have high downtown land prices, artificially constraining downtown land supply to prop up prices for a while might be a great idea"<br /><br />Really? That's rates with other great ideas like cutting your toenails with a sythe..<br /><br /><br />Who's idea was that Eric? Name and shame!<br /><br /><br />James HoganJames Hogannoreply@blogger.com