[TheForge] bridge

[Andrew Vida]

Adherents of the broken window fallacy perhaps?

On 10/14/2011 9:16 PM, dann at wctatel.net wrote:

> Then with Craig's idea in mind, there might be additional motive to have
> the bridge "replaced".


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>> On 10/12/2011 12:58 PM, CraigSchaefer wrote:
>>> Perhaps someone just needed a bridge?
>>
>> Not entirely ridiculous.  We were looking at a 160 acre parcel in WV,
>> access to which was via a rickety steel bridge crossing Big Creek.
>> Seller confirmed my  uneasy suspicion that it would have to be replaced.
>>    Cost was upward of $400K, which would have more than doubled the price
>> of the property.  Point here is that these things can get very costly
>> and if your sole access to home is over a bridge that absolutely needs
>> replacing... well...
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