"In their headlong search for modernity through mobility, American urbanites made a decision to destroy the living environments of nineteenth-century neighborhoods by converting their gathering places into traffic jams, their playgrounds into motorways, and their shopping places into elongated parking lots. These paving decisions effectively made obsolete many of urban America’s older neighborhoods." (citymaus)
Impermanence is swift; life-and-death is the great matter. Mountains teach this, oceans teach this, even our urban neighborhoods teach this. But a joyful embrace of the here and now, and a healthy respect for our natural and anthropogenic environments, can create a more sustainable and vibrant community in which to live.
Impermanence is swift; life-and-death is the great matter. Mountains teach this, oceans teach this, even our urban neighborhoods teach this. But a joyful embrace of the here and now, and a healthy respect for our natural and anthropogenic environments, can create a more sustainable and vibrant community in which to live.
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