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    Axtremus
    wrote on 11 Jul 2020, 21:59 last edited by
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    https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2020/07/06/inside-troubling-legacy-displacing-poor-communities-olympic-games-one-villages-resistance-brazil/

    Story on what happened to a community after they were displaced by the city of Rio to make way for the 2016 Olympics Games.

    Glad Chicagoans dodged that 2016 bullet.

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      Loki
      wrote on 11 Jul 2020, 22:20 last edited by
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      A recent study that claims Rio benefited handsomely. Would have been nice to have that point included in a balanced article.

      https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1074233/new-independent-study-claims-rio-2016-olympic-games-provided-significant-economic-benefit-to-host-city

      It seems like every piece of news these days only presents one side of an issue. It gets tiresome to have to follow up all the time.

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      • A Axtremus
        11 Jul 2020, 21:59

        https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2020/07/06/inside-troubling-legacy-displacing-poor-communities-olympic-games-one-villages-resistance-brazil/

        Story on what happened to a community after they were displaced by the city of Rio to make way for the 2016 Olympics Games.

        Glad Chicagoans dodged that 2016 bullet.

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        Horace
        wrote on 11 Jul 2020, 22:24 last edited by
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        @Axtremus said in Rio after the 2016 Olympic Games:

        Glad Chicagoans dodged that 2016 bullet.

        From what I've read, they are not usually so good at dodging bullets.

        Education is extremely important.

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        • H Horace
          11 Jul 2020, 22:24

          @Axtremus said in Rio after the 2016 Olympic Games:

          Glad Chicagoans dodged that 2016 bullet.

          From what I've read, they are not usually so good at dodging bullets.

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          George K
          wrote on 11 Jul 2020, 22:38 last edited by
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          @Horace said in Rio after the 2016 Olympic Games:

          From what I've read, they are not usually so good at dodging bullets.

          tsk

          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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          • L Loki
            11 Jul 2020, 22:20

            A recent study that claims Rio benefited handsomely. Would have been nice to have that point included in a balanced article.

            https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1074233/new-independent-study-claims-rio-2016-olympic-games-provided-significant-economic-benefit-to-host-city

            It seems like every piece of news these days only presents one side of an issue. It gets tiresome to have to follow up all the time.

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            taiwan_girl
            wrote on 12 Jul 2020, 14:17 last edited by
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            @Loki

            Good article, but I think for the most part, most cities do not want the Olympics. There is a serious problem in getting cities to bid for it, because most/all feel that overall, it is a losing competition for them if they win.

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            • T taiwan_girl
              12 Jul 2020, 14:17

              @Loki

              Good article, but I think for the most part, most cities do not want the Olympics. There is a serious problem in getting cities to bid for it, because most/all feel that overall, it is a losing competition for them if they win.

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              Loki
              wrote on 12 Jul 2020, 14:18 last edited by
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              @taiwan_girl said in Rio after the 2016 Olympic Games:

              @Loki

              Good article, but I think for the most part, most cities do not want the Olympics. There is a serious problem in getting cities to bid for it, because most/all feel that overall, it is a losing competition for them if they win.

              Well maybe the cities produced a bidding bubble and it will straighten itself out. The price is the price it sells for.

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                Jolly
                wrote on 12 Jul 2020, 18:05 last edited by
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                Build permanent facilities in Greece for the summer games and call it a day...

                “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                • J Jolly
                  12 Jul 2020, 18:05

                  Build permanent facilities in Greece for the summer games and call it a day...

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                  George K
                  wrote on 12 Jul 2020, 22:58 last edited by
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                  @Jolly said in Rio after the 2016 Olympic Games:

                  Build permanent facilities in Greece for the summer games and call it a day...

                  Yes. Actually, anywhere would be fine.

                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                    Copper
                    wrote on 12 Jul 2020, 23:26 last edited by
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                    Greek (fraternity) organizations are racist

                    No way

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                    • G George K
                      12 Jul 2020, 22:58

                      @Jolly said in Rio after the 2016 Olympic Games:

                      Build permanent facilities in Greece for the summer games and call it a day...

                      Yes. Actually, anywhere would be fine.

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                      taiwan_girl
                      wrote on 13 Jul 2020, 01:19 last edited by
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                      @George-K said in Rio after the 2016 Olympic Games:

                      @Jolly said in Rio after the 2016 Olympic Games:

                      Build permanent facilities in Greece for the summer games and call it a day...

                      Yes. Actually, anywhere would be fine.

                      I agree. I permanent location would seem to be best. I like @Jolly idea about having it in Greece.

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                      • T taiwan_girl
                        13 Jul 2020, 01:19

                        @George-K said in Rio after the 2016 Olympic Games:

                        @Jolly said in Rio after the 2016 Olympic Games:

                        Build permanent facilities in Greece for the summer games and call it a day...

                        Yes. Actually, anywhere would be fine.

                        I agree. I permanent location would seem to be best. I like @Jolly idea about having it in Greece.

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                        Rainman
                        wrote on 13 Jul 2020, 01:31 last edited by
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                        @taiwan_girl said in Rio after the 2016 Olympic Games:

                        @George-K said in Rio after the 2016 Olympic Games:

                        @Jolly said in Rio after the 2016 Olympic Games:

                        Build permanent facilities in Greece for the summer games and call it a day...

                        Yes. Actually, anywhere would be fine.

                        I agree. I permanent location would seem to be best. I like @Jolly idea about having it in Greece.

                        No. I think it should be in New Orleans, near where Jolly lives. Nice and hot and humid. Separate the wheat from the chaff, and all that.

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