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Urban Typology

jplourde

Or urban 'style'? Or urban assumptions? Or urban predilection? Or urban ...?


Speaking of American cities: Chicago is the most 'American,' Boston the most 'European,' LA the most superficial, San Fran the 'hippest,' New Orleans the most 'authentic,' Portland the greenest, and New York the most relevant.


Thoughts? How would one define/associate/classify the rest of the well known American cities?
Or any city in the world? Is Paris the most 'self-important'? Is Glasgow the 'drunkest'? Is Rotterdam the most urban? Is Stockholm the cleanest? Is Rome the 'oldest?' Is Moscow the 'sneakiest?' Is Beijing the most powerful?

 
Nov 18, 10 2:30 pm
citizen

How about "Simplistic Urban Stereotypes which will not hold up under even the slightest scrutiny"?

Nov 18, 10 3:08 pm  · 
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jplourde

that's really what i'm after! the monosyllablic judgement on a group of millions of individuals.

i mean, not everything has to be broken down to the nth degree empirically. there's is some value in the banal. i didnt like any of the works that RVDSB put out, but their ideas held some weight. some people identify cocacola with christmas, or vice versa. that is one of the most terrifying and interesting connections, i find. stereotypes can be meaningful or powerful [if not at all for the right reasons]. chill out, this was a light-hearted post. i'll talk about procurement schedules in the next one.

Nov 18, 10 4:06 pm  · 
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Rusty!

"Simplistic Urban Stereotypes". Meh.

Most US cities are very proud to embrace any kind of unique identity among the sea of downright banal car-centric functionality.

A lot of US cities have made great strides in the past decade or so to rediscover their long forgotten id. List of vacationing destinations is growing, if very slowly.

On to awards...

Most bombed out place during Hitler's US invasion:
-Detroit, Runner-up: St. Louis.

Most deserving of a zombie-Apocalypse film studios: Buffalo, NY.

Least likely place to find a Texan in: Milwaukee.

Most overrated: Austin, Portland.

Most underrated: It's a hipster secret.

Nov 18, 10 5:03 pm  · 
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jplourde

rs, you're getting the order mixed up. it goes city first, description second.


Miami: the most tan.

Denver, the most 'outdoorsy'.

Seattle, the most new.

etc.etc...


Though, I think one could posit that Detriot is the most evolved. However, it is nearly landlocked. Perhaps it's the most advanced in terms of urban blight.

Nov 18, 10 5:46 pm  · 
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citizen

Fair enough. Stereotypes are wonderfully useful in some ways.

Nov 18, 10 5:59 pm  · 
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jplourde

Are you really Denise?

Nov 18, 10 6:16 pm  · 
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won and done williams

detroit, the most... screw it... auto capital of the world, bitches (did you check our ipo today? woot woot!)

Nov 18, 10 10:00 pm  · 
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