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> historic preservation of places eventually pays off. Historic preservation is no more than collecting, done by the government. There's no guarantee that what
by morley 11y ago
> historic preservation of places eventually pays off.
Historic preservation is no more than collecting, done by the government. There's no guarantee that what they collect will appreciate in value. For example, maybe they're preserving 1970's Kenner Star Wars toys, and maybe they're preserving the ones from 1999.
- wklauss 11y agoNo guarantee, right. Just past experience. But even if there's no big payoff at the end, I'd argue it is important for the identity building process of a community or a nation. If 100 hundred years from now gov't finds out it has a worthless building, they can torn it down then.