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My city is planning to make a sports area in a patch of vacant land in the middle of town, the plans show that the frickin' parking lots take up about 50% of the whole site! They are also building brand new baseball fields there even when we already have 3 right now that's only 1.63 km away. They haven't started any construction yet so I'm contemplating a Lil sabotaging, maybe plant some bamboo in that area idk.
Maybe also attend Town Halls and find an opportunity to speak up.
Run for local elections!!!
This should be the first thing everyone tries tbh. Many town halls are online these days it's so easy to do
A local tower development - one as high as 92 storeys - is also getting a community centre in the middle. The community centre is 8 storeys, with parking underneath THAT.
in short, put the parking underground. I came to say that. If they don't have a solution that involves parking safely out of the way, then it should fail at city hall.
When the local hospital built a new tower, I was surprised to see they used NONE of the 60-80 feet under-neath the new block for parking. And by parking, I mean 2000 10x20 partitioned but unsegregated underground storage areas that can be used for cars, hoarding of medical equipment in a pre-pandemic phase, or for emergency ward space later. So, everything you'd want to do with your parking lot, but also out of the elements and well-served by power, lighting and security.
What does planting bamboo do?
Bamboo grows and spreads fast and is very hard to remove as it builds a strong network of underground roots. You need very heavy machinery to get rid of it.
The perfect plan. They definitely won't have any heavy machinery when they show up to start construction on a new sports arena.
Lol, yes. I can't imagine that it would help much, but it would definitely be annoying. Especially for the parking lot. Imagine that instead of basically flattening the ground and pouring asphalt over it, you'd have to tear apart a thick bamboo forest yard by yard. Also they'd need to make really sure to remove all of the bamboo, or else it could grow back, maybe even through the asphalt.
oh shit that's definitely going in the back of my mind for a mischevious moment 😈
Attract pandas, which are a protected species and thus cannot be relocated and prevent construction in the immediate area. Oldest trick in the book.
The true definition of baboozling