# Get Out of Dodge Debate... Morons

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-dodge-debate-morons/319366>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [August 31, 2005, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-dodge-debate-morons/319366 "2005-08-31T00:47:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-dodge-debate-morons/319366/261 "2005-09-10T00:23:53Z")

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Rysdad:

I ridiculed your toxic silt argument. It turns out that it has some merit. I have seen much news indicating that the sediment left behind is indeed dangerous.

I will point out that no houses have collapsed yet, and it doesn’t appear to be a foot or two deep anywhere, but I thought you’d like to know that it is indeed toxic and dangerous… so you were right about that, and I was wrong.

Of course, it’s been more than a week and you’ve failed to find the relocation spot for NOLA that you claim exists. Seeing as you bet $20,000 and have lost the bet, I hope that this concession of mine brings you some small measure of comfort.

I await your email so that I can give you instructions for sending me to the twenty large. I intend to donate a substantial portion of it to the relief effort.

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**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-dodge-debate-morons/319366/262 "2005-09-10T01:24:50Z")

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> [@coleridge78](#):
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> Much of the business done in the Twin Cities is done in the suburbs, particularly the southern suburbs such as Richfield.

Regional analysts often prefer to call such areas, “Ring cities”. “Suburbs” is thought to be a misleading term, a holdover from a previous age.

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**Author:** ![coleridge78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@coleridge78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coleridge78)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-dodge-debate-morons/319366/263 "2005-09-10T02:21:31Z")

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> [@Measure for Measure](#):
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> Regional analysts often prefer to call such areas, “Ring cities”. “Suburbs” is thought to be a misleading term, a holdover from a previous age.

Thanks for that. I was just sticking to the terms already in use in the discussion. 🙂 You are correct. Once upon a time, though, Richfielf was one of the early suburbs in the popularized post-war sense.

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