tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post8975730226938430616..comments2024-03-28T23:57:50.103-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: A new perspective on the urban junglePeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-88497190519916278862016-06-29T11:18:24.477-05:002016-06-29T11:18:24.477-05:00Of course it has a lot to do with the various crim...Of course it has a lot to do with the various crime problems you read about all the time.<br /><br />Go figure: Any time you go anywhere you're crowded out, everyone's in your way. You always have to wait in long lines for services. When you need to go somewhere you're either stuck in a traffic jam or riding a crowded bus or subway train.<br />And the constant noise resulting from residing in an overpopulated place.<br /><br />After a while one can get "fed up" enough they may simply "snap" and do something rash out of exasperation.<br /><br />Does that notion sound so illogical?Tal Hartsfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05077424958233740898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-58356264160862451542016-06-22T07:51:03.910-05:002016-06-22T07:51:03.910-05:00It's weirdly similar to this picture from nat....It's weirdly similar to this picture from nat. geo<br />http://s.ngm.com/2009/11/stoneforest/img/stone-forest-615.jpgforkboynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-88350131604533787722016-06-22T06:55:07.634-05:002016-06-22T06:55:07.634-05:00To me, that's an overhead picture of hell.To me, that's an overhead picture of hell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-17751387359895738252016-06-22T05:42:45.658-05:002016-06-22T05:42:45.658-05:00City people are funny.
They make disparaging comm...City people are funny.<br /><br />They make disparaging comments about country folk. For instance, they want to control our mobility and energy use (usually via "carbon").<br /><br />But they are blind to their own consumption. Good article here: http://www.fastcoexist.com/1679249/a-block-by-block-look-at-the-energy-consumption-of-new-yorks-buildings <br /><br />Even this article completely ignores the energy that is embedded within the manufacturing processes that supplied the steel, concrete, asphalt, carpeting, plaster, glass, etc. Those fixed assets do not have an infinite life and strict accounting would "depreciate out" those hidden teracalories against the inhabitants. <br /><br />I suspect the presumed "green" benefits of living like sardines in high rise buildings would look less green if embedded energy was accurately accounted for.Eaton Rapids Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102166969915526172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-3282684280184336112016-06-21T21:35:43.871-05:002016-06-21T21:35:43.871-05:00My wife's family lives there. I love to visit...My wife's family lives there. I love to visit, but neither of us has any desire to live there - even for her, after a week or two the crowding gets oppressive. There are places that are relatively uncrowded (parts of Lantau island, and steeper areas of the Kowloon peninsula), but they're unbuildable, protected as parks, or have unworkable commute times for most people; in general only the very wealthy can afford the amount of living space that middle-class Americans take for granted.<br /><br />Her nephew and his wife just bought an apartment. In a relatively inexpensive area with inconvenient transit connections they paid ~1000 US dollars per square foot for a ~375 square foot apartment. Prices run even higher for larger places in more desirable locations. And you'd be amazed at the number of people who live in an 800-900 square ft 2 bedroom apartment who have live-in maids.Javaheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14922782424313956036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-60775510717512708652016-06-21T20:02:09.772-05:002016-06-21T20:02:09.772-05:00I've a pilot friend that flies for a foreign c...I've a pilot friend that flies for a foreign carrier and he lives there. He enjoys it but it would drive me crazy. I'm glad to have a deep lot with lots of spruce so I can at least pretend I'm not in the city.Home on the Rangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03836315423040719919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-82788963634215333292016-06-21T19:29:21.213-05:002016-06-21T19:29:21.213-05:00Hong Kong is a most interesting city with a unique...Hong Kong is a most interesting city with a unique mixture of old and new. You will see a Chinese apothecary with wares displayed outside the shop and on the other side of the street will be a modern jewelry store or new mall. There is always construction and there is always something to see.<br /><br />DaveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-82512887865468054152016-06-21T18:26:09.622-05:002016-06-21T18:26:09.622-05:00No way I could live in a place like that.No way I could live in a place like that.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780834197167716549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-43550266517029274042016-06-21T18:02:00.040-05:002016-06-21T18:02:00.040-05:00"Animals can be driven crazy by placing too m..."Animals can be driven crazy by placing too many in too small a pen. Homo sapiens is the only animal that voluntarily does this to himself."-Notebooks of Lazarus Long, Robert Heinlein.Odysseushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16710666926746925370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-13306404542649570012016-06-21T17:19:56.030-05:002016-06-21T17:19:56.030-05:00It's a 'strange' city in more ways tha...It's a 'strange' city in more ways than one... Some people never leave the building they're born in. Everything they need is right there.Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.com