Thursday, February 25, 2010

And the wall came down....

Let's see if I've got this recipe correct:

1) Take a steep valley previously only suitable for use as pastureland by some presumably agile cattle (with the proverbial one pair of legs shorter than the other).

2) Build hundreds, if not thousands, of student condos using the cheapest construction materials available. Perch them precariously on hillsides.

3) Clad most/all of it in that boring, tacky, ubiquitous tan vinyl siding.

4) Ignore minor details like draining and a road actually capable of handling the traffic to, from and past your development. Hint: the golf cart path known as West Run Road wasn't and isn't up to the job.

5) Inconvenience everyone who uses nearby roads by failing utterly to plan for the traffic impact. Rely on local traffic engineers to stick a traffic light up thus turning one bottleneck into four.

Well, the karma has been building and while nobody wants to see any injuries, the cynical developers may be starting to see their bill come due as nature and gravity are starting to push back. Here's a pic of a retaining wall that couldn't.