James Howard Kunstler: The tragedy of suburbia
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http://www.ted.com In James Howard Kunstler's view, public spaces should be inspired centers of civic life and the physical manifestation of the common good. Instead, he argues, what we have in America is a nation of places not worth caring about.
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I notice this "monocultural blandifying" of the landscape whenever I drive home to visit my family. It is overwhelmingly depressing; every quadrant of the city looks exactly the same, with its unremarkable architecture and numbing recurrance of the same ten stores.
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This guy is a fucking retard
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Wow! Great video... I thought I was the only person left that thought this way.
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@ramine Don't just be a sad sap and just say with the economy you don't think it will be viable. Fuck the economy! Those damn bastards in government don't give a fuck about anything except keeping their jobs, stuffing their pockets with cash, and hoarding all the planetary resources. This system of the world humans is on life support... time to pull the plug!
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nice
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@sucklingfatty I totally agree, But the with the current economic flux, I doubt that will be viable
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@ramine maybe those responsible should be made to pay for their crimes. Sensible voters should support that
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city hall plaza here in boston really does just suck.
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@thelyniezian I grew up in an American suburb. I think the most important thing to grasp if you want a sense of what it's like is the fact that nothing is within walking distance except concrete, a few scraggly trees, and ugly buildings like Kunstler's examples. Miles and miles and miles of vast stretches of concrete and ugly identical houses and a few prisonlike schools. If you want to get to any store its a 15 minute drive.
corbalt1 9 months ago 20
I love the irony of a BMW commercial, one set in lovely natural environments, purporting all-natural fuel use, following Kunstler's lecture. It's so fitting as to be tailor made.
nikmills 11 months ago 12