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US cities may have to be bulldozed in order to survive

US cities may have to be bulldozed in order to survive - Telegraph: "The government looking at expanding a pioneering scheme in Flint, one of the poorest US cities, which involves razing entire districts and returning the land to nature."

"Most are former industrial cities in the 'rust belt' of America s Mid-West and North East. They include Detroit Philadelphia Pittsburgh Baltimore and Memphis."

"Much of the land will be given back to nature. People will enjoy living near a forest or meadow," he said."

That's the spirit! Certainly makes sense to prune services like water, sewage, and trash from areas ...

Also, Life After People on History.Com is really pretty.

Zomblog

Zomblog: "The main difference you’ll see is that the amount of points required for levels has been tuned down, particularly to avoid having large gaps between levels in the middle ranges. As a side effect, many of you may gain levels if your current point total puts you higher on the level curve."

Zomblog : Zombies, Vampires, Werewolves and Slayers apps

Whoa! Shot up stack of levels and splattered notices all over me wall.

Not so sure about the collections, yet, but, they have certainly livened up the forums!