Recent Changes for "Pessimism" - Rochester Wikihttp://rocwiki.org/PessimismRecent Changes of the page "Pessimism" on Rochester Wiki.en-us http://rocwiki.org/Pessimismhttp://rocwiki.org/Pessimism?action=diff&version1=37&version2=38&ts=1229362781Pessimism2008-12-15T17:39:41ZBatGuanoAdded my two cents <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Pessimism<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 26: </td> <td> Line 26: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <span>+ * Generally it seems that with Rochester, if you build it, they won't come.</span> </td> </tr> </table> </div> http://rocwiki.org/Pessimismhttp://rocwiki.org/Pessimism?action=diff&version1=36&version2=37&ts=1222025157Pessimism2008-09-21T19:25:57ZBradMandellADOPT Lonely Planet <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Pessimism<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 25: </td> <td> Line 25: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <span>+ * ["Lonely Planet"], a major travel guide does not even list ["Rochester"] or the ["Finger Lakes"].</span> </td> </tr> </table> </div> http://rocwiki.org/Pessimismhttp://rocwiki.org/Pessimism?action=diff&version1=35&version2=36&ts=1221710250Pessimism2008-09-18T03:57:30ZBradMandellADOPT Fix Buffalo <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Pessimism<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 18: </td> <td> Line 18: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <span>-</span> * "[http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060126/NEWS0201/601260351/1002/NEWS Is Rochester the new poster city for upstate decline?]" - At least we're not Fallujah. '''See also ["Allentown"]''' - Billy Joel song applies??? </td> <td> <span>+</span> * "[http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060126/NEWS0201/601260351/1002/NEWS Is Rochester the new poster city for upstate decline?]" - At least we're not Fallujah. '''See also ["<span>Fix Buffalo"] and ["</span>Allentown"]''' - Billy Joel song applies??? </td> </tr> </table> </div> http://rocwiki.org/Pessimismhttp://rocwiki.org/Pessimism?action=diff&version1=34&version2=35&ts=1221652126Pessimism2008-09-17T11:48:46ZBradMandelladd allentown link to upstate decline entry <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Pessimism<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 18: </td> <td> Line 18: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <span>-</span> * "[http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060126/NEWS0201/601260351/1002/NEWS Is Rochester the new poster city for upstate decline?]" - At least we're not Fallujah. </td> <td> <span>+</span> * "[http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060126/NEWS0201/601260351/1002/NEWS Is Rochester the new poster city for upstate decline?]" - At least we're not Fallujah.<span>&nbsp;'''See also ["Allentown"]''' - Billy Joel song applies???</span> </td> </tr> </table> </div> http://rocwiki.org/Pessimismhttp://rocwiki.org/Pessimism?action=diff&version1=33&version2=34&ts=1214665478Pessimism2008-06-28T15:04:38ZDaveMahonciting Weird Al Yankovic to define Rochester conservatism :-) <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Pessimism<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 15: </td> <td> Line 15: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <span>-</span> * The "Conservative Vibe" seems to be embedded in the dirt. Everyone I talk with about daring projects is very concerned about how conservative Rochester is. What gives? It isn't. </td> <td> <span>+</span> * The "Conservative Vibe" seems to be embedded in the dirt. Everyone I talk with about daring projects is very concerned about how conservative Rochester is. What gives? It isn't.<span>&nbsp;[[Footnote(While there is a good-size politically conservative population, I think the conservative your associates are referring to can be summed up by [http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/weirdalyankovic/wheniwasyourage.html When I Was Your Age] by Weird Al Yankovic.)]]</span> </td> </tr> </table> </div> http://rocwiki.org/Pessimismhttp://rocwiki.org/Pessimism?action=diff&version1=32&version2=33&ts=1212388052Pessimism2008-06-02T06:27:32ZMariahBetzcorrected formatting <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Pessimism<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 23: </td> <td> Line 23: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <span>-</span> * Crack and smack heads on ["Monroe Ave"] always trying to tell me jokes which are not funny :( :(<br> <span>-</span> * Street walkers in Rochester rarely wear sexy outfits like in other major cities. </td> <td> <span>+ </span> * Crack and smack heads on ["Monroe Ave"] always trying to tell me jokes which are not funny :( :(<br> <span>+ </span> * Street walkers in Rochester rarely wear sexy outfits like in other major cities. </td> </tr> </table> </div> http://rocwiki.org/Pessimismhttp://rocwiki.org/Pessimism?action=diff&version1=31&version2=32&ts=1212388030Pessimism2008-06-02T06:27:10ZMariahBetzadded sardonic and inappropriate comments about junkies and hookers <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Pessimism<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 23: </td> <td> Line 23: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <span>+ * Crack and smack heads on ["Monroe Ave"] always trying to tell me jokes which are not funny :( :(<br> + * Street walkers in Rochester rarely wear sexy outfits like in other major cities.</span> </td> </tr> </table> </div> http://rocwiki.org/Pessimismhttp://rocwiki.org/Pessimism?action=diff&version1=30&version2=31&ts=1205377208Pessimism2008-03-13T03:00:08ZPhilNgtaxes1 is broke. <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Pessimism<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 11: </td> <td> Line 11: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <span>- [http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060427/NEWS01/604270430/1002/NEWS Taxes]<br> -</span> [http://www.osc.state.ny.us/press/releases/apr06/041106.htm Taxes<span>2</span>] </td> <td> <span>+</span> [http://www.osc.state.ny.us/press/releases/apr06/041106.htm Taxes] </td> </tr> </table> </div> http://rocwiki.org/Pessimismhttp://rocwiki.org/Pessimism?action=diff&version1=29&version2=30&ts=1195012425Pessimism2007-11-14T03:53:45ZAlexanderGartleyadded wiki links to UR and RIT <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Pessimism<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 5: </td> <td> Line 5: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <span>-</span> * We have plenty of excellent science and technology, but companies need more local venture capital. We also need to convince more UR and RIT students to work in Rochester after school. </td> <td> <span>+</span> * We have plenty of excellent science and technology, but companies need more local venture capital. We also need to convince more <span>["</span>UR<span>"]</span> and <span>["</span>RIT<span>"]</span> students to work in Rochester after school. </td> </tr> </table> </div> http://rocwiki.org/Pessimismhttp://rocwiki.org/Pessimism?action=diff&version1=28&version2=29&ts=1187731318Pessimism2007-08-21T21:21:58ZCarolLucky <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Pessimism<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 23: </td> <td> Line 23: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <span>+ * The Rochester City Schools have a bad reputation because they really do suck or because everyone thinks so. They have sucked for years and don't seem to be getting better. This is adding to the decline of the City because everyone moves to the burbs when the kids are old enough to go to school...</span> </td> </tr> </table> </div> http://rocwiki.org/Pessimismhttp://rocwiki.org/Pessimism?action=diff&version1=27&version2=28&ts=1187206014Pessimism2007-08-15T19:26:54ZDaveMahonadded link to gangs <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Pessimism<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 22: </td> <td> Line 22: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <span>+ * The persistent ["Gangs" gang problem] keeps our police with steady employment</span> </td> </tr> </table> </div> http://rocwiki.org/Pessimismhttp://rocwiki.org/Pessimism?action=diff&version1=26&version2=27&ts=1173691534Pessimism2007-03-12T09:25:34ZBrianClancy <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Pessimism<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 5: </td> <td> Line 5: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <span>- * The weather sucks.</span> </td> <td> <span>+ * We have plenty of excellent science and technology, but companies need more local venture capital. We also need to convince more UR and RIT students to work in Rochester after school.<br> + *The weather sucks.</span> </td> </tr> </table> </div> http://rocwiki.org/Pessimismhttp://rocwiki.org/Pessimism?action=diff&version1=25&version2=26&ts=1173198473Pessimism2007-03-06T16:27:53ZJeremiahParry-Hill <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Pessimism<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 8: </td> <td> Line 8: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <span>-</span> * A large portion of the populatio<span>p</span>n feels that the City and County Government cares very little about citizen input. </td> <td> <span>+</span> * A large portion of the population feels that the City and County Government cares very little about citizen input. </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 16: </td> <td> Line 16: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> -<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;* Rochester has the fifth </span>highest rate of gonorrhea in the nation[[FootNote(STD Unit, Monroe County Department of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2002))]] </td> <td> <span>+ * As of 2002, Rochester had the fifth</span>-highest rate of gonorrhea in the nation[[FootNote(STD Unit, Monroe County Department of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2002))]] </td> </tr> </table> </div> http://rocwiki.org/Pessimismhttp://rocwiki.org/Pessimism?action=diff&version1=24&version2=25&ts=1173191124Pessimism2007-03-06T14:25:24ZJasonOlshefskyFix formatting. <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Pessimism<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 20: </td> <td> Line 20: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <span>-</span> *Only TWO methadone clinics and one needle exchange but we have a large IV drug user population.This is part of the reason for high rates of AIDs and HEP-c in the ROC </td> <td> <span>+ </span> *<span>&nbsp;</span>Only TWO methadone clinics and one needle exchange but we have a large IV drug user population.This is part of the reason for high rates of AIDs and HEP-c in the ROC </td> </tr> </table> </div> http://rocwiki.org/Pessimismhttp://rocwiki.org/Pessimism?action=diff&version1=23&version2=24&ts=1173141707Pessimism2007-03-06T00:41:47ZPhilipWarburton <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Pessimism<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 5: </td> <td> Line 5: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <span>- </span> </td> <td> <span>+ * The weather sucks.<br> + * Everything is illegal in NY.</span> </td> </tr> </table> </div> http://rocwiki.org/Pessimismhttp://rocwiki.org/Pessimism?action=diff&version1=22&version2=23&ts=1154276796Pessimism2006-07-30T16:26:36ZN8RileyThis is real Pessimism it laed to death,crimes and sickness.I'm WAITING 2 MONTHS <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Pessimism<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 8: </td> <td> Line 8: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <span>-</span> * Taxes are REALLY high. Insanely high compared to the rest of the US.<span>&nbsp;</span> </td> <td> <span>+</span> * Taxes are REALLY high. Insanely high compared to the rest of the US. </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 13: </td> <td> Line 13: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <span>-</span> * There's a sucker born every minute and we're it. Point 1: every major development project is spearheaded by greedy corporate developers -- just check out ["Renaissance Square"], the proposal for a ["casino"], and the ["PaeTec Park"] soccer stadium, and perhaps even ["Brooks Landing Project"] (remains to be seen!). Point 2: ["CATS"] was a bunch of 30-somethings who had no idea how to run a ["Fast Ferry" ferry] company, yet we bet the farm on them and they ran off with $30,000,000. How come we weren't dealing with ["Bay Ferries"] in the first place?[[FootNote(I suspect it's because the cost of purchasing and transporting a brand new ferry craft to Rochester from Australia, building and leasing a ferry terminal, securing government grants and other outside financing, etc. was just too much to do for Bay Ferries. On the other hand, once they were offered an almost Turn-Key operation, with no financial risk, they jumped at it. Also, that $30,000,000 came from somewhere, and that somewhere ain't getting it back, and won't be happy about it. CATS can just declare bankruptcy and walk away, Bay Ferries is a well established company.)]]<span>&nbsp;</span> </td> <td> <span>+</span> * There's a sucker born every minute and we're it. Point 1: every major development project is spearheaded by greedy corporate developers -- just check out ["Renaissance Square"], the proposal for a ["casino"], and the ["PaeTec Park"] soccer stadium, and perhaps even ["Brooks Landing Project"] (remains to be seen!). Point 2: ["CATS"] was a bunch of 30-somethings who had no idea how to run a ["Fast Ferry" ferry] company, yet we bet the farm on them and they ran off with $30,000,000. How come we weren't dealing with ["Bay Ferries"] in the first place?[[FootNote(I suspect it's because the cost of purchasing and transporting a brand new ferry craft to Rochester from Australia, building and leasing a ferry terminal, securing government grants and other outside financing, etc. was just too much to do for Bay Ferries. On the other hand, once they were offered an almost Turn-Key operation, with no financial risk, they jumped at it. Also, that $30,000,000 came from somewhere, and that somewhere ain't getting it back, and won't be happy about it. CATS can just declare bankruptcy and walk away, Bay Ferries is a well established company.)]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 16: </td> <td> Line 16: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <span>-</span> * 63 of 107 tracts in New York with the highest health-risk measures from industrial pollutants are in Rochester and surrounding Monroe County. We also have the single most polluted tract, near ["Eastman Kodak"]. ([http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--unhealthyair-newy1213dec13,0,3342492.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork link])<span>&nbsp;</span> </td> <td> <span>+</span> * 63 of 107 tracts in New York with the highest health-risk measures from industrial pollutants are in Rochester and surrounding Monroe County. We also have the single most polluted tract, near ["Eastman Kodak"]. ([http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--unhealthyair-newy1213dec13,0,3342492.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork link]) </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 19: </td> <td> Line 19: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <span>+ *Only TWO methadone clinics and one needle exchange but we have a large IV drug user population.This is part of the reason for high rates of AIDs and HEP-c in the ROC</span> </td> </tr> </table> </div> http://rocwiki.org/Pessimismhttp://rocwiki.org/Pessimism?action=diff&version1=21&version2=22&ts=1147621167Pessimism2006-05-14T15:39:27ZBrentIrvine <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Pessimism<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 1: </td> <td> Line 1: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <span>-</span> [[<span>Thu</span>m<span>bn</span>a<span>il</span>(rochesterblue.jpg, right, <span>254</span>)]] </td> <td> <span>+</span> [[<span>I</span>ma<span>ge</span>(rochesterblue.jpg, <span>254, </span>right, <span>thumbnail</span>)]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 7: </td> <td> Line 7: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <span>- * The City and County Government cares very little about citizen input.</span> </td> <td> <span>+ * A large portion of the populatiopn feels that the City and County Government cares very little about citizen input.<br> + * Taxes are REALLY high. Insanely high compared to the rest of the US. <br> + [http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060427/NEWS01/604270430/1002/NEWS Taxes]<br> + [http://www.osc.state.ny.us/press/releases/apr06/041106.htm Taxes2]</span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 15: </td> <td> Line 18: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <span>+ * The local news goes out of its way to put a damp cloth on anything positive economically in the area. Seems that if everyone in the area got large amounts of money or success, and the news would find some reason why this would be bad.</span> </td> </tr> </table> </div> http://rocwiki.org/Pessimismhttp://rocwiki.org/Pessimism?action=diff&version1=20&version2=21&ts=1147208421Pessimism2006-05-09T21:00:21ZTomMaszerowskiCleaned up some of the wording <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Pessimism<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 10: </td> <td> Line 10: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <span>-</span> * There's a sucker born every minute and we're it. Point 1: every major development project is spearheaded by greedy corporate developers -- just check out ["Renaissance Square"], the proposal for a ["casino"], and the ["PaeTec Park"], and perhaps even ["Brooks Landing Project"] (remains to be seen!). Point 2: ["CATS"] was a bunch of 30-somethings who had no idea how to run a ["Fast Ferry" ferry] company, yet we bet the farm on them and they ran off with $30,000,000. How come we weren't dealing with ["Bay Ferries"] in the first place?[[FootNote(I suspect it's because the cost of purchasing and transporting a brand new ferry craft to Rochester from Australia, building and leasing a ferry terminal, securing government grants and other outside financing, etc. was just too much to do for Bay Ferries. On the other hand, once they were offered an almost Turn-Key operation, with no financial risk, they jumped at it. Also, that $30,000,000 came from somewhere, and that somewhere ain't getting it back, and won't be happy about it. CATS can just declare bankruptcy and walk away, Bay Ferries is a well established company.)]] </td> <td> <span>+</span> * There's a sucker born every minute and we're it. Point 1: every major development project is spearheaded by greedy corporate developers -- just check out ["Renaissance Square"], the proposal for a ["casino"], and the ["PaeTec Park"]<span>&nbsp;soccer stadium</span>, and perhaps even ["Brooks Landing Project"] (remains to be seen!). Point 2: ["CATS"] was a bunch of 30-somethings who had no idea how to run a ["Fast Ferry" ferry] company, yet we bet the farm on them and they ran off with $30,000,000. How come we weren't dealing with ["Bay Ferries"] in the first place?[[FootNote(I suspect it's because the cost of purchasing and transporting a brand new ferry craft to Rochester from Australia, building and leasing a ferry terminal, securing government grants and other outside financing, etc. was just too much to do for Bay Ferries. On the other hand, once they were offered an almost Turn-Key operation, with no financial risk, they jumped at it. Also, that $30,000,000 came from somewhere, and that somewhere ain't getting it back, and won't be happy about it. CATS can just declare bankruptcy and walk away, Bay Ferries is a well established company.)]] </td> </tr> </table> </div> http://rocwiki.org/Pessimismhttp://rocwiki.org/Pessimism?action=diff&version1=19&version2=20&ts=1147208367Pessimism2006-05-09T20:59:27ZTomMaszerowskiChanged soccer stadium to PaeTec Park <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Pessimism<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 10: </td> <td> Line 10: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <span>-</span> * There's a sucker born every minute and we're it. Point 1: every major development project is spearheaded by greedy corporate developers -- just check out ["Renaissance Square"], the proposal for a ["casino"], and the ["<span>soccer stadium</span>"], and perhaps even ["Brooks Landing Project"] (remains to be seen!). Point 2: ["CATS"] was a bunch of 30-somethings who had no idea how to run a ["Fast Ferry" ferry] company, yet we bet the farm on them and they ran off with $30,000,000. How come we weren't dealing with ["Bay Ferries"] in the first place?[[FootNote(I suspect it's because the cost of purchasing and transporting a brand new ferry craft to Rochester from Australia, building and leasing a ferry terminal, securing government grants and other outside financing, etc. was just too much to do for Bay Ferries. On the other hand, once they were offered an almost Turn-Key operation, with no financial risk, they jumped at it. Also, that $30,000,000 came from somewhere, and that somewhere ain't getting it back, and won't be happy about it. CATS can just declare bankruptcy and walk away, Bay Ferries is a well established company.)]] </td> <td> <span>+</span> * There's a sucker born every minute and we're it. Point 1: every major development project is spearheaded by greedy corporate developers -- just check out ["Renaissance Square"], the proposal for a ["casino"], and the ["<span>PaeTec Park</span>"], and perhaps even ["Brooks Landing Project"] (remains to be seen!). Point 2: ["CATS"] was a bunch of 30-somethings who had no idea how to run a ["Fast Ferry" ferry] company, yet we bet the farm on them and they ran off with $30,000,000. How come we weren't dealing with ["Bay Ferries"] in the first place?[[FootNote(I suspect it's because the cost of purchasing and transporting a brand new ferry craft to Rochester from Australia, building and leasing a ferry terminal, securing government grants and other outside financing, etc. was just too much to do for Bay Ferries. On the other hand, once they were offered an almost Turn-Key operation, with no financial risk, they jumped at it. Also, that $30,000,000 came from somewhere, and that somewhere ain't getting it back, and won't be happy about it. CATS can just declare bankruptcy and walk away, Bay Ferries is a well established company.)]] </td> </tr> </table> </div> http://rocwiki.org/Pessimismhttp://rocwiki.org/Pessimism?action=diff&version1=18&version2=19&ts=1138884456Pessimism2006-02-02T12:47:36ZJasonOlshefskyUpdate with real name of article. <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Pessimism<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 14: </td> <td> Line 14: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <span>-</span> * [http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060126/NEWS0201/601260351/1002/NEWS At least we're not Fallujah.<span>]</span> </td> <td> <span>+</span> * <span>"</span>[http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060126/NEWS0201/601260351/1002/NEWS <span>Is Rochester the new poster city for upstate decline?]" - </span>At least we're not Fallujah. </td> </tr> </table> </div> http://rocwiki.org/Pessimismhttp://rocwiki.org/Pessimism?action=diff&version1=17&version2=18&ts=1138855682Pessimism2006-02-02T04:48:02ZRobertPolynmark hare's editorial <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Pessimism<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 14: </td> <td> Line 14: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <span>+ * [http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060126/NEWS0201/601260351/1002/NEWS At least we're not Fallujah.]</span> </td> </tr> </table> </div> http://rocwiki.org/Pessimismhttp://rocwiki.org/Pessimism?action=diff&version1=16&version2=17&ts=1134524928Pessimism2005-12-14T01:48:48ZRobertPolynmmmmm industrial pollutants... <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Pessimism<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 13: </td> <td> Line 13: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <span>+ * 63 of 107 tracts in New York with the highest health-risk measures from industrial pollutants are in Rochester and surrounding Monroe County. We also have the single most polluted tract, near ["Eastman Kodak"]. ([http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--unhealthyair-newy1213dec13,0,3342492.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork link]) </span> </td> </tr> </table> </div> http://rocwiki.org/Pessimismhttp://rocwiki.org/Pessimism?action=diff&version1=15&version2=16&ts=1124025083Pessimism2005-08-14T13:11:23ZJayUnnikrishnan <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Pessimism<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 12: </td> <td> Line 12: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <span>+ * Rochester has the fifth highest rate of gonorrhea in the nation[[FootNote(STD Unit, Monroe County Department of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2002))]]</span> </td> </tr> </table> </div> http://rocwiki.org/Pessimismhttp://rocwiki.org/Pessimism?action=diff&version1=14&version2=15&ts=1120694833Pessimism2005-07-07T00:07:13ZJackCalcines <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Pessimism<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 10: </td> <td> Line 10: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <span>-</span> * There's a sucker born every minute and we're it. Point 1: every major development project is spearheaded by greedy corporate developers -- just check out ["Renaissance Square"], the proposal for a ["casino"], and the ["soccer stadium"], and perhaps even ["Brooks Landing Project"] (remains to be seen!). Point 2: ["CATS"] was a bunch of 30-somethings who had no idea how to run a ["Fast Ferry" ferry] company, yet we bet the farm on them and they ran off with $30,000,000. How come we weren't dealing with ["Bay Ferries"] in the first place? </td> <td> <span>+</span> * There's a sucker born every minute and we're it. Point 1: every major development project is spearheaded by greedy corporate developers -- just check out ["Renaissance Square"], the proposal for a ["casino"], and the ["soccer stadium"], and perhaps even ["Brooks Landing Project"] (remains to be seen!). Point 2: ["CATS"] was a bunch of 30-somethings who had no idea how to run a ["Fast Ferry" ferry] company, yet we bet the farm on them and they ran off with $30,000,000. How come we weren't dealing with ["Bay Ferries"] in the first place?<span>[[FootNote(I suspect it's because the cost of purchasing and transporting a brand new ferry craft to Rochester from Australia, building and leasing a ferry terminal, securing government grants and other outside financing, etc. was just too much to do for Bay Ferries. On the other hand, once they were offered an almost Turn-Key operation, with no financial risk, they jumped at it. Also, that $30,000,000 came from somewhere, and that somewhere ain't getting it back, and won't be happy about it. CATS can just declare bankruptcy and walk away, Bay Ferries is a well established company.)]] </span> </td> </tr> </table> </div> http://rocwiki.org/Pessimismhttp://rocwiki.org/Pessimism?action=diff&version1=13&version2=14&ts=1119890583Pessimism2005-06-27T16:43:03ZTobinFricke <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Pessimism<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 10: </td> <td> Line 10: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <span>-</span> * There's a sucker born every minute and we're it. Point 1: every major development project is spearheaded by greedy corporate developers -- just check out ["Renaissance Square"], the proposal for a ["casino"], and the ["soccer stadium"]. Point 2: ["CATS"] was a bunch of 30-somethings who had no idea how to run a ["Fast Ferry" ferry] company, yet we bet the farm on them and they ran off with $30,000,000. How come we weren't dealing with ["Bay Ferries"] in the first place? </td> <td> <span>+</span> * There's a sucker born every minute and we're it. Point 1: every major development project is spearheaded by greedy corporate developers -- just check out ["Renaissance Square"], the proposal for a ["casino"], and the ["soccer stadium"]<span>, and perhaps even ["Brooks Landing Project"] (remains to be seen!)</span>. Point 2: ["CATS"] was a bunch of 30-somethings who had no idea how to run a ["Fast Ferry" ferry] company, yet we bet the farm on them and they ran off with $30,000,000. How come we weren't dealing with ["Bay Ferries"] in the first place? </td> </tr> </table> </div> http://rocwiki.org/Pessimismhttp://rocwiki.org/Pessimism?action=diff&version1=12&version2=13&ts=1119810360Pessimism2005-06-26T18:26:00ZRobertPolyn <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Pessimism<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 6: </td> <td> Line 6: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <span>-</span> * It's close to Buffalo. </td> <td> <span>+</span> * It's close to <span>["</span>Buffalo<span>"]</span>. </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 10: </td> <td> Line 10: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <span>-</span> * There's a sucker born every minute and we're it. Point 1: every major development project is spearheaded by greedy corporate developers -- just check out Renaissance Square, the proposal for a <span>casino</span>, and the <span>soccer stadium</span>. Point 2: CATS was a bunch of 30-somethings who had no idea how to run a <span>ferry</span> company, yet we bet the farm on them and they ran off with $30,000,000. How come we weren't dealing with Bay Ferries in the first place? </td> <td> <span>+</span> * There's a sucker born every minute and we're it. Point 1: every major development project is spearheaded by greedy corporate developers -- just check out <span>["</span>Renaissance Square<span>"]</span>, the proposal for a <span>["casino"]</span>, and the <span>["soccer stadium"]</span>. Point 2: <span>["</span>CATS<span>"]</span> was a bunch of 30-somethings who had no idea how to run a <span>["Fast Ferry" ferry]</span> company, yet we bet the farm on them and they ran off with $30,000,000. How come we weren't dealing with <span>["</span>Bay Ferries<span>"]</span> in the first place? </td> </tr> </table> </div> http://rocwiki.org/Pessimismhttp://rocwiki.org/Pessimism?action=diff&version1=11&version2=12&ts=1119769832Pessimism2005-06-26T07:10:32ZJasonOlshefskyAdded "suckers," and "conservative vibe." <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Pessimism<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 10: </td> <td> Line 10: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <span>+ * There's a sucker born every minute and we're it. Point 1: every major development project is spearheaded by greedy corporate developers -- just check out Renaissance Square, the proposal for a casino, and the soccer stadium. Point 2: CATS was a bunch of 30-somethings who had no idea how to run a ferry company, yet we bet the farm on them and they ran off with $30,000,000. How come we weren't dealing with Bay Ferries in the first place?<br> + * The "Conservative Vibe" seems to be embedded in the dirt. Everyone I talk with about daring projects is very concerned about how conservative Rochester is. What gives? It isn't.</span> </td> </tr> </table> </div> http://rocwiki.org/Pessimismhttp://rocwiki.org/Pessimism?action=diff&version1=10&version2=11&ts=1119743654Pessimism2005-06-25T23:54:14ZRobertErbland <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Pessimism<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 9: </td> <td> Line 9: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <span>-</span> * [http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?csz=14650&amp;gettrf=Get+Traffic] Just try to escape, just try... </td> <td> <span>+</span> * [http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?csz=14650&amp;gettrf=Get+Traffic<span>&nbsp;Getting Around Town</span>] Just try to escape, just try... </td> </tr> </table> </div> http://rocwiki.org/Pessimismhttp://rocwiki.org/Pessimism?action=diff&version1=9&version2=10&ts=1119743590Pessimism2005-06-25T23:53:10ZRobertErblandMaps, useful useful maps <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Pessimism<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 9: </td> <td> Line 9: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <span>+ * [http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?csz=14650&amp;gettrf=Get+Traffic] Just try to escape, just try...</span> </td> </tr> </table> </div> http://rocwiki.org/Pessimismhttp://rocwiki.org/Pessimism?action=diff&version1=8&version2=9&ts=1119502939Pessimism2005-06-23T05:02:19ZRobertPolyn <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Pessimism<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 8: </td> <td> Line 8: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <span>-</span> * Unfortunately self-referential: The tendency of locals to complain, complain, complain...<span><br> - * Ahhhhhhhh [http://www.rocwiki.org/Pessimism infinite loop]!</span> </td> <td> <span>+</span> *<span>&nbsp;[http://www.rocwiki.org/Pessimism</span> Unfortunately self-referential<span>]</span>: The tendency of locals to complain, complain, complain... </td> </tr> </table> </div> http://rocwiki.org/Pessimismhttp://rocwiki.org/Pessimism?action=diff&version1=7&version2=8&ts=1119489751Pessimism2005-06-23T01:22:31ZRobertPolyn <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Pessimism<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 9: </td> <td> Line 9: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <span>+ * Ahhhhhhhh [http://www.rocwiki.org/Pessimism infinite loop]!</span> </td> </tr> </table> </div> http://rocwiki.org/Pessimismhttp://rocwiki.org/Pessimism?action=diff&version1=6&version2=7&ts=1119481652Pessimism2005-06-22T23:07:32ZTobinFricke <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Pessimism<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 8: </td> <td> Line 8: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <span>+ * Unfortunately self-referential: The tendency of locals to complain, complain, complain...</span> </td> </tr> </table> </div> http://rocwiki.org/Pessimismhttp://rocwiki.org/Pessimism?action=diff&version1=5&version2=6&ts=1119201190Pessimism2005-06-19T17:13:10ZFarMcKon <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Pessimism<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 7: </td> <td> Line 7: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <span>+ * The City and County Government cares very little about citizen input.</span> </td> </tr> </table> </div> http://rocwiki.org/Pessimismhttp://rocwiki.org/Pessimism?action=diff&version1=4&version2=5&ts=1119200385Pessimism2005-06-19T16:59:45ZJayUnnikrishnan <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Pessimism<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 5: </td> <td> Line 5: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <span>+ <br> + * It's close to Buffalo.</span> </td> </tr> </table> </div> http://rocwiki.org/Pessimismhttp://rocwiki.org/Pessimism?action=diff&version1=3&version2=4&ts=1116115367Pessimism2005-05-15T00:02:47ZRobertPolyn <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Pessimism<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - 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