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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
L in Boston
Published Letters: 2 Editor's Choice: 2
Recently I've become aware how common it was before WW2 for houses to be picked up and moved to other sites. I'm surprised I'm not hearing more about it in the case of New Orleans neighborhoods like Broadmoor.
The nice, recently rennovated house described in this article is certainly worth saving, even if the land it sits on is eventually deemed to be too low. Why not move it to another location?
I realize that this would not save the neighborhood, which would be the best outcome, but may not be possible. Still, it seems preferable to demolishing good houses at a time when so many houses have been destroyed.
You are awfully glib about the problems Logan causes for Bostonians who live under its flight paths.
The fact is that Logan airport is right in the middle of a densely populated city, whose residents have suffered for decades from noise and pollution caused by jets taking off and landing at Logan.
Funny how those flight paths go over poorer neighborhoods while avoiding wealthier areas (Back Bay, Brookline) whose residents benefit most from air travel. Also funny how the people in the tony areas near Hanscom airport won't allow more small jets there (which would free up runways at Logan). Guess what -- they don't want more noise and pollution!
Logan expansion was held back justly for 30 years by a protective court order, which has finally been ditched, to the benefit of wealthy fliers and the detriment of less wealthy Boston neighborhoods.
Congratulations on having to wait a few minutes less at the gate on the occasions you pass through Logan. I'll think of you as the jets roar over my home every 5 minutes, over and over, all day long.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Once seen as a lunatic fringe, reactionary anti-women groups are courting respectability
Salon headlines in your mailbox
