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Message: [QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 2917188, member: 405"] Oh, come on. What are you arguing for? The viaduct creates a shady area where it's easier for drug deals and robberies and assaults to take place, just like if there was a block full of abandoned buildings. If that place is no longer "there", and is replaced by office buildings, businesses and residences, then the undesirable people and behavior moves elsewhere. This is exactly what the City of New York did with midtown and the Times Square area in particular. It's a very similar reclamation project, if you think about it. And now Times Square is the home to quite a number of corporate headquarters, instead of peep shows, bodegas and Tad's Steaks. [/QUOTE]