Back on the Pedestal Again

I know I should be jumping off of my soapbox someday here, but I am still finding myself very passionate about city form and development, and how that reflects on our lifestyle. Yes, let me put a disclaimer out and say that this is not scientific and very touchy-feely "planner" community development stuff, but it is still very intriguing.

New Urbanists say that suburbs are sometimes bedroom communities with no life outside the walls of the home, there is no neighborhood, and that the place is essentially devoid of soul. You have to wonder how one can write music or feel like music, art or expression have substance when there is no sense of place - when a city a place has no inspiration. I've heard suburbs called "edge cities" before but I came across a new phrase today that adds more context and might be more descriptive of what outer-ring development has become: Exurbs

So yeah, someday I'll get off my tangent and get back to writing and talking about music.

Listening to:

David Gray: A New Day at Midnight