Re: OT: Columbia, MD and the social impact of Ft. Meade/NSA?

From: DouglasEagleson (douglaseagleson@aol.com)
Date: 03/23/03


From: douglaseagleson@aol.com (DouglasEagleson)
Date: 22 Mar 2003 23:35:15 GMT


>"John A. Malley" <102667.2235@compuserve.com> wrote:
>> I visited Columbia MD last year....
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>> Does anyone know if the presence of the NSA and Ft. Meade had anything
>> to do with the layout and construction of roads and neighborhoods in
>> Columbia, MD? Natives told me the local government set up zoning rules
>> and regulations for that Columbia "look and feel" back in the 1970s. It
>> felt like a "spook" town. :-)
>
>Columbia is pretty famous as a planned city. It was essentially built
>by a single company starting in the early 1960s.
>
><http://www.columbia-md.com/>
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The roads are built in a fashion of an idiot.
Everywhere is where a place is not.

Meaning the roads are a parkway system without signs. Good for locals only.



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