re: #166 ProBosniaLiberal

Also, I would like to provide an geographic analysis of why Maketa’s idea is one of the stupidest in the US in the last half-century, from a Geographic Stand point.

Big one, first off, is transportation. Our big link to the Outside world is, I-25, which runs through…. Denver and Pueblo. Yes, there is Highway 24, but it a much smaller road, with a much lower speed limit.

Then, let’s go to Water. Colorado Springs, much like Phoenix, has no major water supply running through it, or one imminently available (such as a lake.) This is unusual in such a large city. So we have to import our water from another source, much like Phoenix. In this case, we get it from Pueblo & the Arkansas river. Already, Pueblo is pissed at us a result of not cleaning our storm-water enough. This is a bad situation for a city with a metro of 600,000+ people.

And to top it off, the city has number ridges running through it, along with steep hills that have the same effect. Meaning large chunks of the city are separated from one another.

So, let’s say Maketa manages to start an issue. First off, I-25 would likely be blocked starting at Fountain and Monument Hill. The little east-west road can’t support a city of 600k. Then Pueblo, probably with littlle prompting, would shut of the pipeline. This is a particularly bad thing, as that water is also used for firefighting, and Rampart Reservoir is, again not large enough to support 600k.

I could continue with how the ridges and hills would effect this, but you get the idea. Colorado Springs is already in trouble. We can’t even have more than 1/2 of the streetlights on at night because of monetary issues. The city, geographically, should not have 600k people. Colorado Springs does something stupid, the city will effectively commit suicide.

re: #155 FemNaziBitch

Colorado has both extremes and they runn against one another. Colorado is also the likely indicator for how the US is going to go forward.

It really, really does not look good for conservatives. Once the conservatives slip completely out of power, the US is probably going to go sliding way to the left, and very quickly.

I doubt he’s thought things through that far. He probably thinks those ridges are an advantage, since they would allow the force holding them the high ground. Which they would do, but high ridges are also vulnerable to attack helicopters and air-mobile infantry. A ground-bound ‘militia’ force would lose those ridges fairly quickly.