The final line of Mayor Anne Marie “Too Many Names” DeCicco-Best’s state of the city address, after discussing the challenges London faces, was the following:
London – the city that will be.
What?
Here are some alternative tag lines that mean the same thing.
- London – the city that sucks ass now but might be OK someday.
- London – please return in 20 years.
- London – pretty much not even a city.
It’s almost as bad as some U.S. state slogans. Wisconsin – “Stay just a little bit longer” (please?); “Oklahoma is OK” ; Louisiana – “Come as you are. Leave different” (i.e., this state will fuck you up good).
I hope DeCicco-Best isn’t failing to see the forest for the trees in the place formerly known as the Forest City. London has its problems, but overall I think it’s pretty OK.
PRO TIP: Hope for the future doesn’t require implicit derogation of the present.
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16 responses to “Someday, Somehow, Gonna Make it Alright But Not Right Now”
Maybe it’s time to go back…back to the future!
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Maybe it’s time to go back…back to the future!
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in a delorean
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in a delorean
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Good eye. I’m kicking myself for missing that. Even “the city that <>can<> be” would have at least implied we have abilities and resources right now — and we aren’t just waiting for the magic future fairy to cruise up the Thames.
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Good eye. I’m kicking myself for missing that. Even “the city that can be” would have at least implied we have abilities and resources right now — and we aren’t just waiting for the magic future fairy to cruise up the Thames.
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We don’t have state of the city addresses in los angeles. Well, I don’t think we do. But our slogan is LA – Fuckin’ A!
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We don’t have state of the city addresses in los angeles. Well, I don’t think we do. But our slogan is LA – Fuckin’ A!
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London – the city that will be……overrun with Toronto’s garbage!
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London – the city that will be……overrun with Toronto’s garbage!
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I didn’t know you were moving to London DR. Ooooooh!
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I didn’t know you were moving to London DR. Ooooooh!
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London – the city that probably won’t ever be.Hey, I used to live there – I can say that shit.
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London – the city that probably won’t ever be.Hey, I used to live there – I can say that shit.
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Hmm..I didn’t vote for her, so whatever she says is pure horse manure. “The city that will be?” Will be what? Loosing it’s residents cuz there are no jobs here!
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Hmm..I didn’t vote for her, so whatever she says is pure horse manure. “The city that will be?” Will be what? Loosing it’s residents cuz there are no jobs here!
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