Welcome to DUville, pop. 60,026

[KamaAina]

Our rapidly growing community has just crossed over the 60,000 mark. So, what facilities should we have?

A mall? (Wal-Mart will, of course, be about thirty feet outside the DUville corporate limits :P ) TV and radio stations? (Sinclair and Clear Channel need not apply :-) ) A decent bus system? Amtrak, or perhaps a small airport? A small liberal arts college? Minor league baseball (class A) and/or hockey (ECHL)? A swinging pedestrian-friendly downtown centered around historic Skinner Square?

Who are our major employers? The "liberal media"? "Liberal academia"? </sarcasm>

[rkc3]

1. 60,027 - must have had a recent birth to our small burg.

[Reverend_Smitty]

5. 60,029...must have been triplets

:)

[rkc3]

8. Well Reverend, make sure they're baptized properly.

[Reverend_Smitty]

14. we need liberal clergy in our town...

I'll do weddings cheap too!

[rkc3]

19. As long as you don't marry a man and his box turtle - all others are OK.

[Reverend_Smitty]

23. why would I...

a woman of God allow such an abomination to occur in DUville?? :P However "Adam and Steve" are more than welcome!

[Zuni]

24. yes, liberal non-denominational churches

that are more concerned with teaching us to love our fellow man than to hate them

[KamaAina]

27. As a DUville resident, Mom is covered by universal health care

of course, so the triplets won't break the bank!

[Lavender Brown]

2. No malls

How about we have a bustling downtown shopping area instead. (I hate malls). :P

[LSparkle]

7. A nice downtown with a lot of mom and pop shops

and a farmer's market every day, not just on weekends!

[Zuni]

25. lots of locally owned stores and a marketplace right downtown

no chain stores and resturaunts

[Goathead]

9. We could move into some impoverished out of the way town

With a nice old, historic downtown area, with nice architecture.

[NoSheep]

10. COOL!

[KamaAina]

15. Excellent idea. Perhaps we could add some enclosed skywalks

like those in downtown Minneapolis, seeing as how the weather in (most of) DUville is not exactly conducive to outdoor strolling this time of year. :-)

[Zuni]

29. Exactly---no strip malls and parking lots

The community will be built like a small city, with the shops built on the sidewalk, with loft apartments overhead.
Downtown will be full of buisnesses within walking distance and nice luxury condos, and small squares for picnics and sports

[LSparkle]

33. Live upstairs and work downstairs

I like it!

[Zuni]

34. we could also have some rowhouses

and single family homes for people and families that need more space---but I want a nice loft condo downtown!

[Goathead]

3. Secession!

Let's drop out of the U.S. and form our own country!

[Wonk]

4. 60,029 now

Hi newbies! :hi: Come on in and introduce yourselves! :hi:

[Bouncy Ball]

6. My GOD.

Wow. That is just amazing.

DU's growing up fast!

[Sporadicus]

11. Fuel Cell Technology Could Be a Worthwhile Industry

Development of a fuel cell that converts hydrocarbons - not needing pure hydrogen - into electricity efficiently. I'll head up R&D efforts.

[Champ]

12. I say atleast 5,000-10,000 of those 60,000 are tombstoned!

:D

[KamaAina]

17. Where's the cemetery?

Behind the Unitarian Universalist church, perhaps? Is gravestone rubbing allowed (unlike in Boston, for instance)? Is it all spooky and haunted in there? :scared:

[Zuni]

22. Yes, a haunted cemetery is a good idea

that is where we can see the ghost of seventhson

:scared:

[Florida_Geek]

That why we have BootHill just outside of town

Duhhhhhhhhh..

[LSparkle]

13. Great bus and train system ...

and not too many cars, except maybe hybrids. And plenty of room for bike-riders ... Hey, sounds like Amsterdam (?); maybe a hash bar?

[russian33]

16. Skinner for Mayor!!!

I offer my services as an expert on foreign relations, specifically Easter Europe and Russia.

[madinmaryland]

18. How about this:

1.) No big box stores or malls.
2.) Train station and bus service.
3.) Bicycle lanes.
4.) Air America Radio
5.) PBS/TLC/Discovery Channels.
6.) Community College with four year degrees.

[Florida_Geek]

21. Well maybe a Costco

:D

[LSparkle]

30. Yeah, isn't Costco on the "Choose Blue" list?

[Florida_Geek]

37. Yes good company good pay good health benes

and the CEO supports Dems .

[Zuni]

26. You are thinking on my lines

[Zuni]

20. I think DUville should be contstructed in a new urbanist fashion

That means it will look like a small city rather than a suburb and will be pedestrian friendly
I think we should have one of those nice movie theaters, an arboreteum, a community college, a town hall for community meetings, and a super huge discount book warehouse. Lots of resturaunts (especially greek, Italian and Chinese ones. mmmmmm :9
No chain stores or resturaunts--all locally owned small buisness

Yes, downtown should be around a park with a statue.

www.cnu.org (for an idea on what New Urbanism is

[Reverend_Smitty]

28. Here's the perfect statue to put in the town square

Critical thinkers only!! Plus it's by a French artist!

[Zuni]

31. perfect

[Zuni]

32. We need a big old library

and a free medical clinic

[LSparkle]

36. One of those old Carnegie libraries ...

the ones built in small towns in the early 1900s.

[Zuni]

40. with pillars in front and a domed roof?

That is what I pictured---kind of looked like Monticello (Thomas Jefferson's home) in my head

[LSparkle]

41. Actually, the one in my home town was very small

so no dome, but a few pillars in front. It definitely looked like a government building, though -- a place where you kept your voice down and were respectful.

[Zuni]

46. That is like what I want

a nice, old library, with huge rows of old books just waiting to be read
lots of students quietly studying
and a sweet friendly gray haired old lady as the librarian

and minimal late fees

[LSparkle]

35. Definitely ice RINKS

One for hockey, one for figure skating.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

38. Can I set up a rodízio barbecue joint?

Cows from an old-fashioned farm -- they live free, eat grass and are slaughtered humanely. Ditto for pigs, sheep, chicken etc.

Commie Pinko Dirtbag Cowboy?

[Zuni]

39. I love BBQ, so I vote 'yes'

[yellowdogintexas]

42. I think we need a bakery/coffee shop definitely,

with books and comfy chairs/ to sit in and a big table in the back where the "regulars" hang out to plot the overthrow of the US ofBush.

Since I am a way above average baker I could probably supply some sweets.

Would we want it to have cafe food for lunch too..like soup and chicken salad sandwiches, and pretty salads?

Or just be a coffee bar/sweets hangout? Like Starbucks but with better coffee and independent.

[Reverend_Smitty]

43. It will be just like Friends, except...

not cliche' and superficial. Our coffee house will be the best!

[Johnny Noshoes]

44. Welcome to DUville

Well I'm one of those new citizens. I sort of hung around the town for a long time and finally decided to move in since it seemed like my kind of place.

:hi:

[Zuni]

45. Glad to see you Johnny

We always like it when new neighbors move in
:hi:

[Johnny Noshoes]

48. Thanks Zuni

I lurked here for a looong time before I finally jumped in and registered. I think I found DU via Bartcop back a couple of years ago. Bartcop, DU, Common Dreams and Air America - especially Mike Malloy - help me to realize that all is not completely lost. It also helps living in good old blue NYC.

Back at you Zuni
:hi:
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely,the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
-- H.L. Mencken (1880-1956)

[ogradda]

47. a latte machine

and christmas is coming too :)