Comments on: The Rise and Fall of Denny Hecker http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/the-rise-and-fall-of-denny-hecker Minneapolis + St. Paul Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:23:37 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: baker http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/the-rise-and-fall-of-denny-hecker#comment-223747 baker Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:16:46 +0000 #comment-223747 If nothing else, TC Sidewalks presents ideas about the right way to live... ................ If nothing else, TC Sidewalks presents ideas about the right way to live…

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]]> By: justpbob http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/the-rise-and-fall-of-denny-hecker#comment-223702 justpbob Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:28:01 +0000 #comment-223702 The city used to take my milk money and taunt me when I was in school. I vowed one day I would have my revenge... The city used to take my milk money and taunt me when I was in school. I vowed one day I would have my revenge…

]]> By: CitySlicker http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/the-rise-and-fall-of-denny-hecker#comment-223680 CitySlicker Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:31:27 +0000 #comment-223680 Listen up justpbob! "(Yawn) Save yer new urbanist rant for another time, city slicker" If nothing else, TC Sidewalks presents ideas about the right way to live... but your post Mr. JustpBob, resorts to name calling. You city-hater, you! Listen up justpbob!

“(Yawn) Save yer new urbanist rant for another time, city slicker”

If nothing else, TC Sidewalks presents ideas about the right way to live… but your post Mr. JustpBob, resorts to name calling. You city-hater, you!

]]> By: baker http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/the-rise-and-fall-of-denny-hecker#comment-223644 baker Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:11:01 +0000 #comment-223644 "It's like lifestyle fastfood"....and it's gobbled up like a value menu. Denny Hecker put no income deadbeats on the road in new cars! I'm surprised he doesn't have a thug army at his disposal ready to break him out of jail. “It’s like lifestyle fastfood”….and it’s gobbled up like a value menu. Denny Hecker put no income deadbeats on the road in new cars! I’m surprised he doesn’t have a thug army at his disposal ready to break him out of jail.

]]> By: noodleman http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/the-rise-and-fall-of-denny-hecker#comment-223643 noodleman Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:07:10 +0000 #comment-223643 <i>I bet....just a hunch...that if you ask your average 80 year old "how far they like to venture out in their automobile?"...80 out of 100 would tell you no more than 3 miles.</i> I don't think 80-year olds should be driving (lol). Let them call Metro Mobility, instead! I bet….just a hunch…that if you ask your average 80 year old “how far they like to venture out in their automobile?”…80 out of 100 would tell you no more than 3 miles.

I don’t think 80-year olds should be driving (lol). Let them call Metro Mobility, instead!

]]> By: billiam http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/the-rise-and-fall-of-denny-hecker#comment-223641 billiam Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:51:34 +0000 #comment-223641 To my mind, the Ponzi element is that many of the jobs in our economy come from the construction of new homes, the sales of new products to go in the homes, the construction of the new freeways and cars to go to and from the new homes, etc. Then you get loans based on your jobs selling homes and cars to buy your own home and car. A huge part of the post dot.com economy was predicated on consumer spending associated with the real estate bubble. And that is kind of a Ponzi scheme, in as much as it works only as long as people keep believing that their homes are increasing in value. But it sure seems like nothing really new is being produced, except for abandoned California real estate developments and trillions of dollars worth of bad loans that are ping-pong-ing all over the world's financial system. To my mind, the Ponzi element is that many of the jobs in our economy come from the construction of new homes, the sales of new products to go in the homes, the construction of the new freeways and cars to go to and from the new homes, etc. Then you get loans based on your jobs selling homes and cars to buy your own home and car.

A huge part of the post dot.com economy was predicated on consumer spending associated with the real estate bubble. And that is kind of a Ponzi scheme, in as much as it works only as long as people keep believing that their homes are increasing in value. But it sure seems like nothing really new is being produced, except for abandoned California real estate developments and trillions of dollars worth of bad loans that are ping-pong-ing all over the world’s financial system.

]]> By: ryanol http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/the-rise-and-fall-of-denny-hecker#comment-223640 ryanol Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:44:40 +0000 #comment-223640 I am not sure about any Ponzi like elements. He catered to a riskier element and was paid handsomely for assuming the risk, unfortunately he didn't save enough/charge high enough interest on risky loans or invest in safe enough vehicles to weather the downturn. Whether or not he is actually guilty of fraud will play out in court. I am not sure about any Ponzi like elements. He catered to a riskier element and was paid handsomely for assuming the risk, unfortunately he didn’t save enough/charge high enough interest on risky loans or invest in safe enough vehicles to weather the downturn.

Whether or not he is actually guilty of fraud will play out in court.

]]> By: billiam http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/the-rise-and-fall-of-denny-hecker#comment-223637 billiam Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:27:31 +0000 #comment-223637 While tinfoil is more comfortable, it doesn't matter whether it was intended or not. Nobody Walks is the Hecker ideology in a nutshell. The Segway is proof that technology is always striving to find a replacement for anything it can. In that case, a technological replacement for feet is the ultimate refrigerator to an eskimo. In Hecker's case, his Ponzi attempts to sell you always more cars and houses is kind of emblematic. It's like lifestyle fastfood. While tinfoil is more comfortable, it doesn’t matter whether it was intended or not. Nobody Walks is the Hecker ideology in a nutshell.

The Segway is proof that technology is always striving to find a replacement for anything it can. In that case, a technological replacement for feet is the ultimate refrigerator to an eskimo. In Hecker’s case, his Ponzi attempts to sell you always more cars and houses is kind of emblematic. It’s like lifestyle fastfood.

]]> By: Rat http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/the-rise-and-fall-of-denny-hecker#comment-223636 Rat Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:20:32 +0000 #comment-223636 "It wasn't much of a post, and though I still think it was a slanderous anti-pedestrian taunt...." Our buddy the blogger hasn't abandoned his suspicion. He ought to switch to the freezer foil instead of the tinfoil for his hat. It's a little thicker. “It wasn’t much of a post, and though I still think it was a slanderous anti-pedestrian taunt….”

Our buddy the blogger hasn’t abandoned his suspicion.

He ought to switch to the freezer foil instead of the tinfoil for his hat. It’s a little thicker.

]]> By: billiam http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/the-rise-and-fall-of-denny-hecker#comment-223634 billiam Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:16:10 +0000 #comment-223634 Denny started his own mortgage business, too. He'd sell anything you would buy, just as long as you weren't walking. Denny started his own mortgage business, too. He’d sell anything you would buy, just as long as you weren’t walking.

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