Climate Change and NYC Flooding

 Climate Change and NYC Flooding

True story:

The west side highway and FDR drive used to be elevated. The elevated west side highway was an active railway with elevated exits for cars and trains right into buildings several avenues over into the city. Those were the exits and there were ramps down to the street. It was profitable for the city to destroy the elevated highways and railways  and sell the steel for the elevated highway and extension exits. So they did. It's an island why wouldn't you elevate everything including the subway. Which used to be elevated train lines. Separate from the railways and highways. All worked just fine even when the city flooded. Climate change is a catch all excuse for the den of thieves we call our representatives to ask for more money to steal instead of spending our tax dollars on us.

There was also a massive set of independently operated trolley systems that were connected from one sided of the country to the other and they honored each other's transfers coast to coast.  Trolley lines that dropped you off down the street from your house all over all the cities of the US. There is a couple of documentaries about it that you can watch for free. How and Why Big Oil Conquered the World. https://www.corbettreport.com/bigoil/  

Corbett has produced tons of documentaries on his site that explain how the world really works and why things are the way they are. We don't have to waste or lives scratching our heads like idiots wondering why when we know our actual history and all the facts.

As a kid I loved riding in a car through buildings in Manhattan and riding in electric old timey cabs with extra fold up seats because of all the room in the back when a car doesn't waste all is space on an engine and gas tank. The electric trolley on 14th Street was a special treat.