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Every neighborhood has one... an ugly eroding terrace.
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4/26/12
The last "commons" in Madison
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The commons was an idea, descended from English custom. It was a common grazing ground near a village, where everyone could graze their cow. Early Boston had one.
The commons was an idea, descended from English custom. It was a common grazing ground near a village, where everyone could graze their cow. Early Boston had one.
The Boston Commons today
As the environmental movement ramped up in the 1960s, Garrett Hardin wrote an influential article, The Tragedy of the Commons. He described the process, at work in many places of public ownership, where lack of regulation leads to environmental abuse.
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