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Doug Moe: A culture clash downtown?

IF A front page New Year’s Day story in the New York Times is to be believed, it is not inherently bad for drunks to pee in an alley in downtown Madison.

It is only bad if a yuppie looking out his living room window can see them. He might be startled and spill his cappuccino.

The Times article, datelined Madison and written by Susan Saulny, was headlined: “This Remaking of Downtown Has Downside.”