cities
Despite our national culture of fearing cities and creating myths about rural America being the Heartland and such, living in a city is far safer than living in the countryside..
While this piece is perhaps a bit too condescending to middle-aged homeowners, it does get at a very real problem. The entire structure of the postwar housing market is extremely.
As Sean Griffiths points out, cute semi-detached housing might make for aesthetically pleasing New Urbanist cities, but it is not sustainable as a dominant mode of architecture within the 21st.
So I am getting more than a bit sick and tired of poorly contextualized ruminations on the ruin landscape of Detroit. Some of this art and writing is interesting enough.
The inevitable cycle of capitalism continues. Small businesses, designed to have tight community values and reject older ways of capitalism, become the next state of centralized big capitalist development. This.
Ouch. I do have some optimism for Cleveland, but that map presents a grim picture for the region.
The Times hosted a "Room for Debate" about forest fires. They address it in a silly way, asking "Does the Government Cause or Prevent Wildfires?" Um, both? Also, wrong question..
Pick up a copy of Redbook. It's the only magazine dedicated to young adults. This is what I believe is known as a rich text.