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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Travis Corcoran)
Mon Nov 14 16:49:14 1994
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 94 16:45:34 EST
From: tjic@ICD.teradyne.com (Travis Corcoran)
To: damartin@ampere.mit.edu
Cc: libertarians@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <9411142136.AA02299@ampere.mit.edu> (damartin@ampere.mit.edu)
> Date: Mon, 14 Nov 1994 16:36:59 -0500
> From: damartin@ampere.mit.edu
>
> But seriously, there is only one street next to my house. But
> where I live in Somerville, there are usally 5 different ways to get
> from a main road to the middle of a residential area. I know I often
> avoid one route to my house because of the potholes. Thus, the company
> still has an incentive to keep the roads nice.
Companies might also have cross-licensing agreements with each other
(if doing so made economic sense for each of the companies involved),
so that someone who had bought a monthly pass for TJIC's Roads of
Boston could also travel on Vernon's NorthEastern Highways, in the
same way that USAir and United often cooperate in the greater context
of competing.
> Also, in reality, many residential streets would probably be owned
> by the houses along them which would pay for their maintenance.
A thought I had last winter while witnessing people putting chairs,
etc. in their shovelled parking spots to reserve them: this is sort of
rude behavior when the spots are publicly owned, but none-the-less
understandable, as individuals did the work of digging them out. If
we sole all of the parking in the city the Market would result in all
of it being managed very well (and would also result in new parking
being created, if the city didn't stand in the way...).
> Today in the US, many people are moving to residential developments
> where the security, roads, etc. are maintained by a private company
> for the residential development rather than the government.
Good point. A friend from HS lived in such a devlopment. The roads
weren't as luxurious as the normal suburban roads: no curbs, 1 1/2
lanes wide, etc., but they were quite adequate. Considering that the
entire devlopment was made up of houses costing $ 1/2 million +, and
included a lake, horse riding trails, etc. it seems a clear case of
prioritization, not of poverty...
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