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It was five years ago today, March 16, 1999, that I posted my very first response in Cyburbia. It was concerning Highway 710 in Los Angeles:
http://web.archive.org/web/20000929...rc/wwwboard_messages_planning_peeves/206.html. (My response begins with "Typical L. A...")
Of course, the forum was a lot different back then. Before August of 2000, the threads and responses, under "Planning Peeves" were all laid out in a "tree" type format and threads didn't get bumped to the top like they do now. Ancient by todays standards, but quite innovative back then. I was fairly new to the internet then, so forums were a whole new world.
I was always curious about Highway 710, even since I read about its threat to several communities in the Pasadena area in the early 1990s. Looking for updates, I did a Google type search (Infoseek I believe) and eventually found a thread entitled "NIMBY I-710 Freeway" in Planning Peeves.
Once I responded to the thread, I looked at some of the other great threads in the forum and needless to say I was hooked! I posted under the name Drew Sager and Idealistic Planners Against Yuppies, trashing Wal-mart, yupps, and developers whenever I could.
There are very few Usernames from that era that I recognize today. Dan was there of course, and every once in a while I see a name that I recognize from that bygone era. But most either left of changed names. One of the funniest planners I remember was Planzilla, but he disappeared soon after the switchover to discuss format in 2000 and has not been heard from since.
Anyone else remember him?
Anyway, here's to five more years at Cyburbia!
http://web.archive.org/web/20000929...rc/wwwboard_messages_planning_peeves/206.html. (My response begins with "Typical L. A...")
Of course, the forum was a lot different back then. Before August of 2000, the threads and responses, under "Planning Peeves" were all laid out in a "tree" type format and threads didn't get bumped to the top like they do now. Ancient by todays standards, but quite innovative back then. I was fairly new to the internet then, so forums were a whole new world.
I was always curious about Highway 710, even since I read about its threat to several communities in the Pasadena area in the early 1990s. Looking for updates, I did a Google type search (Infoseek I believe) and eventually found a thread entitled "NIMBY I-710 Freeway" in Planning Peeves.
Once I responded to the thread, I looked at some of the other great threads in the forum and needless to say I was hooked! I posted under the name Drew Sager and Idealistic Planners Against Yuppies, trashing Wal-mart, yupps, and developers whenever I could.
There are very few Usernames from that era that I recognize today. Dan was there of course, and every once in a while I see a name that I recognize from that bygone era. But most either left of changed names. One of the funniest planners I remember was Planzilla, but he disappeared soon after the switchover to discuss format in 2000 and has not been heard from since.
Anyone else remember him?
Anyway, here's to five more years at Cyburbia!