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5.10.4 Public attitudes

Negative public attitudes toward older facilities may also hinder redevelopment. To
many people, large, long-unused structures symbolize economic distress and commu-
nity decline associated with unemployment. Where industrial archeologists may see
beauty, developers see costly renovations, and lack of profitability, for example, due
to the need to comply with modern building code requirements. Besides, few
communities endeavor to identify valuable buildings for reuse, and those few cases
of successful reuse are not enough renowned to convince developers to embark in
new enterprises. These negative feelings may last even after redevelopment has been
completed, especially in case of highly polluted sites, because the public can be skep-
tical about the competence/willingness of public institutions or private businesses to
fully decontaminate the sites.

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