Our ability to form and maintain friendships is shaped in crucial ways by the physical spaces in which we live. [...]
in America we have settled on patterns of land use that might as well have been designed to prevent spontaneous encounters, the kind out of which rich social ties are built. [...]
We do not encounter one another in cars. We grind along together anonymously, often in misery.
— vox.com
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And how is this "news" - we know this shit about American suburbia for eons now. Next.
So, let me get this straight: sprawl is bad, right? I hadn't heard...
decent article.../\ cranky old guys
urban environments also breed isolation through anonimity
urban environments also breed isolation through anonymity, enabled by technology and reinforced through class and social economic "normal" behavior and segregation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGN7GDhZoxs
If you are bored in a city, a real city, you have no one to blame but yourself. turn off the TV go outside and do something. Something interesting, even to the most discerning myopic spectrum of taste is out there happening. Not always true in suburbs that often operate on a rigid schedule and often have shops and businesses closing after 9.
the best thing about a city is the random mix of experiences available to you and the new and interesting things you can see and do. Suburbia is safe predictable and monotonous by design.
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