re: #869 ClaudeMonet

If the initial proposal was to build it across the street from Ground Zero, it would have been “too close”. The initial proposal was to build it two blocks from Ground Zero, so it is “too close”. If the initial proposal was to build it 10 blocks from Ground Zero, it would have been “too close”. If the initial proposal was to build it 25 blocks from Ground Zero, it would have been “too close”. If the initial proposal was to build it three miles from Ground Zero, it would have been “too close”. And so on.

It can never be far enough away for some if not all of these people. However, you will never convince them of that. They;ll just say it’s this PARTICULAR proximity.

Like the mosque Mr. Olajuwon built in Houston, it has been proposed where it is because the real estate was there, vacant, and available at a reasonable price for the area.

25 blocks would probably work for most.