Bulldozing homes to make room for a highway or train is an American tradition, even if we do it less often now. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Moses#Crit

Bulldozing homes to make room for a highway or train is an American tradition, even if we do it less often now. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Moses#Criticism_and_The_Power_Broker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Moses#Criticism_and_The... > Moses's critics charge that he preferred automobiles over people. They point out that he displaced hundreds of thousands of residents in New York City and destroyed traditional neighborhoods by building multiple expressways through them. The projects contributed to the ruin of the South Bronx and the amusement parks of Coney Island, caused the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants Major League Baseball teams to relocate to Los Angeles and San Francisco respectively, and precipitated the decline of public transport from disinvestment and neglect. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eminent_domain_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eminent_domain_in_the_United_S...