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Four city development projects, each with their own decade
theme to appeal to folks who would rather live in that
decade.
The 50s themes based city, named something like "Happy
Days",
would
have mid century architecture, encourage having at least one
classic 50s car in the driveway and
shops and services with
50s
themes.
60s themed city might be called "Groovyville". Psychedelic
stuff,
peace symbols, "Tranquility Base" park.
70s would have a disco or two.
80s would be all about MTV themes, lots of music associated
and named things. "Madonna Park" maybe.
I'm picturing these being mainly retirement communities for
folks whose happiest memories are from one of those
decades. Mine would be late 80s early 90s but don't think
anything from the 90s onward generated enough nostalgia for
people to want to revisit it.
They'd all be next to each other so you could do a time travel
thing on any given day. You live in Groovyville but today you
go to the
Sock-Hop diner for lunch one city over.
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This is different enough, 4 cities with 4 different decade
themes built around a central hub. |
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Can you mix and match somewhat, and is there more than
just the buildings? I'd quite like to work in the 50's, ludicrously
booming economy, minimal legislation, competent president,
non-cratered under-capacity highways and cool looking cars
with easy parking outside non-megacorp stores. Then I'd live
in the, oh. Same, just without the brutally discriminatory
social issues please. Are the rules hard and fast? I'd probably
prefer a 60's car and many people wouldn't notice.... |
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//I'd quite like to work in the 50's, ludicrously booming economy, minimal legislation, competent president// |
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You just hit on the core of my political philosophy. Bring back the 1950s under Eisenhower. I had suggested having virtual presidents based on a team or AI that was so well versed in "What would Ike have done?" that we might actually get some leadership we could all agree on. |
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Ike was petitioned by both parties to run on their ticket. He chose Republican but Democrats would have loved to have him. Let that sink in for a second and compare that to our divided society. |
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A-Ike. Oooh, that's good! |
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You're being naive if you think that's not an amazing show
of unity of vision between parties by today's standards,
both wanting the same
guy to run on their ticket. Remember, this was the
Democrat party that won WW2 and actually supported
unions, didn't just pay them lip service. Different party
from today. |
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Order President Approval average
36 Johnson 55.1
35 Kennedy 70.1
34 Eisenhower 65.0
33 Truman 45.4
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Who was a good president? Probably that guy who built the
highway system eh? What was his name? |
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Here's a full list of modern presidents. Kennedy was at 70 in
his first term but doubtful he could have stayed that high
had he finished two. Getting us involved in Vietnam might
have come back to bite him in the ass for one thing.
Presidents typically get a honeymoon period as well. I think
Bush was at 85% at one point, finished at less than 50. |
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Harry Truman April 1945-January 1953 45.4
Dwight Eisenhower January 1953-January 1961
65.0
John Kennedy January 1961-November 1963 70.1
Lyndon Johnson November 1963-January 1969 55.1
Richard Nixon January 1969-August 1974 49.0
Gerald Ford August 1974-January 1977 47.2
Jimmy Carter January 1977-January 1981 45.5
Ronald Reagan January 1981-January 1989 52.8
George H.W. Bush January 1989-January 1993
60.9
Bill Clinton January 1993-January 2001 55.1
George W. Bush January 2001-January 2009 49.4
Barack Obama January 2009-January 2017 47.9
Donald Trump January 2017-January 2021 41.1
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Whoa, I knew Ike was good, but I had no idea how
good. Here's from the link YOU provided to show what a
bad president he was: |
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5. He Sponsored and Signed the Civil Rights Bill of
1957. |
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This was the first civil rights bill since Reconstruction.
Much to Eisenhower's dismay, Congress amended the bill
and critically weakened its effectiveness. |
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4. He Sponsored and Signed the Federal Aid Highway
Act of 1956. |
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This gave birth to America's interstate highway
system. Eisenhower worked hard to get the bill passed and
it was his favorite piece of legislation. |
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3. He Balanced the Budget, Not Just Once, But Three
Times. |
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Despite much pressure to do otherwise, he also
refused to cut taxes and raise defense spending. His fiscal
policy contributed to the prosperity of the 1950's. |
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2. He Ended the Korean War. |
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He alone had the prestige to persuade Americans to
accept a negotiated peace and convince the Chinese that
failure to reach an agreement would lead to dire
consequences. Eisenhower considered this to be his
greatest presidential accomplishment. |
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AND EISENHOWER'S NO.1 ACCOMPLISHMENT AS
PRESIDENT: |
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1. He Kept America at Peace. |
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Eisenhower was confronted with major Cold War crises
every year he was in office: Korea, Vietnam, Formosa,
Suez, Hungary, Berlin, and the U-2. While more than once
America seemed on the brink of war and those around him
clamored to drop the Bomb, Eisenhower always kept a level
head. He dealt calmly and rationally with each situation,
always finding a solution that avoided war without
diminishing America's prestige. |
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Wow. Thank you for (inadvertently) pointing these
out. |
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Wait... did I inadvertently just start a political debate? |
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Well, I like the idea of talking about Eisenhower much much
much
more than another ex president who shall remain un-
mentioned. At least by me. |
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I think we should look at times in our past where certain
things worked out pretty good and endeavor to see why. |
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So why do you not like Ike? |
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You know there's way, way more to culture than TV and music. You've neglected fashion, liberalism, group orientation, food, family orientation and size, sexual liberation, technological orientation, time orientation, media preferences, religion, and urbanization. |
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All aspects of those could be featured and
celebrated in the respective unique ways those
eras added to them. |
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You must be this conservative to live here. |
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I have a sneaking feeling that this is already widely practised, its just that the residents of the places don't do it deliberately. |
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//You must be this conservative to live here.// |
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Or this liberal to live in Groovyville maybe. |
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