[TriLUG] [OT] TriLUGger on the news

[Tom Eisenmenger]

For your numbers to be a valid comparison you would have to factor in
all the counties served by that stretch of US158:   Vance, Warren,
Halifax, Northampton, Hertford, Bertie, Gates....  Of these, Halifax is
probably the wealthiest - we are located right on the I-95 corridor
which does bring in some revenue.

And yes, it is the responsibility of the state to "bootstrap" other
regions.  After all, RTP was just such a bootstrap.

Tom

On Fri, 2007-05-18 at 16:00 -0400, Magnus wrote:

> Tom Eisenmenger wrote:
> > I live in Roanoke Rapids which is in one of the poorest, least  
> > economically-developed areas of the state.  
> [snip]
>  > They are perpetually on the back burner because projects in
> > the state's metropolitan areas, especially the Triangle, routinely  
> > take precedence over projects in more rural areas.  No wonder - the  
> > seat of power is, after all, in Raleigh.
> 
> 
> Halifax County:
> The median income for a household in the county was $26,459, and the 
> median income for a family was $33,515.  Population around 60,000 
> (rounding up from 2000 estimate).  Per capita income in 2000 was $13,810.
> 
> Wake County:
> Estimated population in 2006 was 786,522 with about 100 people moving to 
> the city of Raleigh alone every day (not counting other popular 
> residential destinations in the county).  Per capita income in 2000 was 
> $27,004.
> 
> It's not unfair for the roads to go where the money is coming from and 
> where the most people and jobs are moving to.  Yes, your county has a 
> bootstrap problem.  Until people start moving there in droves, the money 
> won't come.  And the people won't start moving there in droves until the 
> money comes.
> 
> But I'll bet you a nickel that as soon as "progress" comes to your 
> county, and everything that goes along with it, the locals will complain 
> about that.