XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science
From: YourName@YourISP.com
In article , Chrysi Cat
wrote:
> On 1/17/2014 1:02 AM, Bernard Peek wrote:
> > On 17/01/14 00:35, 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. If local retail (with the possible exception of restaurants)
> is gone, what exactly do you expect to fill the space? A lot of those
> places, even with all the commercial space gone, wouldn't work well for
> residences--they might even be in the floodplain! 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.
>
> Ask Detroit what happens when you have more of a supply of residential
> space than demand for it :-P
Land is redeveloped and redesignated all the time. The old Thames river
dock land in London, for example, was redeveloped from an industrial
cargo port into posh housing and now fetches big prices.
As for floodplains, many houses are already on floodplains, and with
rising sea levels even more of them will be underwater.
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