Friday, August 28, 2009
agriburbia
Here's a brilliant idea. I've developed an irrational feeling that can best be described as fear of suburbs (suburphobia?) over the past few years. I don't know if it's somehow related to my growing up in the suburbs and my tremendous unpopularity in high school or if it's an inevitable result of living in the city for too long (hence the common Atlanta fear of "OTP" among those of us who live "ITP"). Whatever the reason, I'm actually less afraid of break-ins and broken glass than I am of strip malls and billboards. But this article offers a vision of a suburbia I'd be happy to live in.
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Your monumental unpopularity in high school is a tribute to your high standards and moral quality. Keep up the good work.
thanks for posting this, it will be my article for discussion tomorrow in econ development policy.
A person cannot live in a city and be an environmentalist at the same time -- that is an utter contradiction.
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Lisa,
Great post.
Agrarian,
I disagree. Urban living allows for far greater energy- and material- efficiency than living in suburbs, and there simply isn't enough viable farmland for the world's population to all relocate to family farms.
Urbanization allows for public transportation, public parks, libraries, museums, and other public commodities that allow many people to share resources. Moreover, townhomes, condos, and apartments are more energy efficient (and use less land and material per person) than single-family homes. This model also minimizes the amount of road miles people travel (regardless of vehicle type), and the distance that utilities have to be delivered.
Besides, a person can be an environmentalist anywhere. An environmentalist is simply someone who advocates and/or works for environmental quality. Since everyone can improve his or her relationship with the natural environment, it's possible to do this no matter where you live, or how great/small one's environmental impacts. There's no single right or wrong way.
I'm from Atlanta! I lived ITP until high school when we moved to the 'brubs (and it sucked). I'm in Decatur now (safely ITP) and I've discovered that I either prefer extreme country or extreme city. Suburiba is the worst of both worlds.
Hi, I think your article its very important and interesting,good work, thanks for sharing!! Have a nice day!
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