On the DEWLine 2.0: Dwight Williams

We could do without this.

26 hectares of the South March Highlands in the west end of modern Ottawa is about to be clear-cut for home-builders, road-builders and so forth to do their thing. As was done to build most of the modern city from 1826 onwards. It's an old habit, and you'd think we've built outward instead of upwards enough for over 150 years.

But, apparently the addiction must still...still...be fed. Despite our efforts and desire to pull ourselves away from that table as a city.

Enough.

Has anyone reading this LJ and living in the Centretown neighbourhood(s?) had a look at this yet?

http://spacingottawa.ca/2010/12/07/george-dark-if-projects-are-not-sitting-in-a-city%e2%80%99s-10-year-capital-plan-they-are-not-going-to-happen/

The slide-show was interesting, particularly for its implication that you could think of Centretown as being made up of as many as eight - nine? - different neighbourhoods.

Some additional linkage: https://midcentretown.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/thank-you-for-a-great-session/

Courtesy of Keith deCandido's latest "Schott's Miscellanea" posting:


MEGACITIES

The term megacity is used by the UN for cities or metropolitan areas with >10 million people. Below are the largest megacities (2003), with their estimated 2015 populations:
Megacity country pop. 2003 (mil) est. pop. 2015
Tokyo Japan 35.0 36.2
New York USA 21.2 22.8
Seoul-Inchon South Korea 20.3 24.7
Mexico City Mexico 18.7 20.6
São Paulo Brazil 17.9 20.0
Mumbai India 17.4 22.6
Los Angeles USA 16.4 17.6
Delhi India 14.1 20.9
Manila-Quezon City Philippines 13.9 16.8
Calcutta India 13.8 16.8


Now...for DCU statistical purposes, specifically on "New Earth"...where should Metropolis and Gotham(with or without what's left of Bludhaven?) fit into that list right now? Metropolis, IIRC, was pegged at 11 million during the 1986-2005 timeframe, right? And Gotham, as I recall, has zipped up and down the charts thanks to everything from the Clench Virus outbreaks to the "Cataclysm" to "No Man's Land".

And how do we factor in Star and Gateway Cities and Platinum Flats into the San Francisco Bay area stats(since it's apparently decided that those three cities will be part of the Bay area for editorial purposes)?

(Sidebar on formatting: How DO you get that "table" formatting properly set up?)