Urban sprawl is bad. Intellectual sprawl is good. Giving up the previous leads to the latter. Putting people close together forces them to rub off on one another.
– Frank Chimero
From a post by Frank Chimero titled A Series of Ill-Informed Hunches and Observations
That’s a good one. A sprawling disconnected community allows us to be more anonymous and a bit less accountable.
Dec 5th, 2011 / 10:52 am
I have to say that I generally dislike quotes of this sort because they merrily gloss over the existence rural communities like the one I grew up in and those my parents grew up in.
Creativity is not limited to an urban setting.
Dec 5th, 2011 / 11:26 am
Actually, I think it suggests that cities should emulate the connective sense of community that these small towns and villages do so well.
Dec 5th, 2011 / 11:59 am