# Cairo vs. Farmland **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [May 4, 2011, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cairo-vs-farmland/580665 "2011-05-04T06:17:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cairo-vs-farmland/580665/41 "2011-05-18T18:18:09Z")
> [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](#): > > \*\*S.B. \*\*isn’t entirely wrong that we should not be forever bound by a decision made in the 1920s. It may very well be that upon reconsideration we determine that there has been enough change in the circumstances that we might privilege the farmland over Cairo. I don’t disagree. I don’t precisely _blame_ the Army Corp of Engineers for following procedure. I am upset (well, marginally annoyed in an intellectual sense) that they never checked up on old decisions like this, when they know it’s a critical issue. If you stick to preplanned procedure as a personal or public agent, you have a moral and probably legal duty to perform your due diligence, whether it’s financial or what. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2011, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cairo-vs-farmland/580665/42 "2011-05-19T04:39:18Z")
A related, previous [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=556124) on Cairo, Illinois. They should have flooded it and relocated the populace like organized charities did for the Katrina victims. They would likely be better off in Salt Lake City or wherever. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cairo-vs-farmland/580665.md?page=2)