XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science
From: rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com
Chrysi Cat wrote
> Bernard Peek wrote
>> J. Clarke wrote
>>>> Perfect application for a pod system. If your fridge forgets
>>>> to order the milk you can just order it online. It should be
>>>> delivered in less time than it takes to drive to the store.
>>> Since it takes me zero time to drive to the store that I am
>>> passing on the way from work, how will this help? And
>>> how much will the individual pod delivery add to the cost?
>> That's certainly true now. With a pod system in place that local store
>> probably won't be there, there wouldn't be enough trade to justify it.
>> As to cost, the closest we have ti it right now is the postal system.
>> So my best guess is that a pod delivery will probably cost about
>> the same as posting a letter. Having all of your weekly groceries
>> delivered in one shipment might cost twice that.
> Question.
Too radical...
> If local retail (with the possible exception of restaurants)
> is gone, what exactly do you expect to fill the space?
Whatever we still do.
> A lot of those places, even with all the commercial
> space gone, wouldn't work well for residences
Can't see that. Plenty of them did have people living above them.
Even with modern malls, there is no reason why the
entire mall can't be replaced by new residential towers.
> --they might even be in the floodplain!
Very little of the local retail is.
> Even if it isn't, most areas have as much residential development now
> as there'd ever be demand for from people who want to live there.
That is just plain wrong. I can't think of anywhere were
the total population is shrinking enough for that to be true.
> Ask Detroit what happens when you have more
> of a supply of residential space than demand for it :-P
That's a different thing, just another ghost town.
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