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@Lance,

Maybe I'm just slow today, but it still sounds like you're arguing "that streetcars, dog parks, bike lanes, and other initiatives were services that catered to single people rather than things that served old, young, rich, poor, childless and family alike."

That's the argument that I find self-refuting. If you want to argue that we shouldn't implement public service that middle-class people like because they're expensive, obviously you're free to do so. But to put "schools" on one side of the ledger and "streetcars and dog parks" on the other, that's a pretty silly argument to make.

Parents are people too. And children will ride streetcars. And use bike lanes. And--although this is anecdotal--growing up I knew a child whose parents got him a puppy. So there's at least a single data point that the interests of children and dogs can be, at least in theory, aligned.

by oboe on Nov 16, 2011 10:44 am • link • report

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