Re: WTC: risks of urban living

From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Thu Sep 13 2001 - 15:15:31 MDT


Brian Phillips wrote:
> Brian Atkins said:
> <How many extropians now are weighing the idea of living in or near a
> major city- unnecessary risk? I was leaning that way recently, and
> now even more.>
> Brian's prediction : We just saw the opening shot in the End of
> the Cities (for a half-century or so..till tech changes).
> You think we saw "white flight" before...::shakes head::
> I doubt anyone has any more doubts that a nuke attack
> is a probable event sometime in the next decade. Biologicals
> a certainty. All this time I thought I was being far too paranoid.

And all this time I thought everyone looked at me as the paranoid
hick.... ;)



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