There is one difference, though, between Lake Erie and Nantucket, which is that there are a lot of people, including small business owners with investments in various faltering urban and small town economies, that are going to say, "View? Shmiew!" if it means jobs and expanded economic activity.

I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.