Talk:Hastings, New Zealand

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Hastings rocks, why does the article have to be so negative against Hastings? --Citikiwi 19:49, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

I've looked through the article and it doesn't look particularly negative to me. Sure, it mentions the 1931 earthquake and the 1918 flu epidemic, but they are part of the history. There's a mention at the end that historic buildings are being replaced by multi-story buildings, and land prices skyrocketing, but while some think this is negative, others might think it good news.

In contrast, there's the sentence just before the table of contents "Hastings is a city with huge potential and a prosperous future." which sounds like it was lifted directly from some promotional brochure and should probably be excised from Wikipedia. There are a number of other positve statments, such as the one including "Hastings is growing rapidly with the help of the smart and tidy gridiron city planning system...". Another positive statement: "Many industries like Watties and Oak's are located in Hastings as it is abundant in produce, meat and other agricultural and horticultural products."

I do think the article could be reorganised somewhat, as the geography section covers a lot more than its title would suggest.-gadfium 00:33, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Hastings is a city with all that good stuff that you guys think came from a brochure, we should add heaps more to it as well, that article makes Hastings look small, if anything Hastings is larger than it should be because it serves as an industrial and commercial center for Havelock and Flaxmere who have no such facilities. --Citikiwi 10:08, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] On a completely unrelated note...

Happy 100,000th birthday article, Wikipedia! -Uagehry456|Talk 05:15, 16 April 2007 (UTC)