Here’s another digression. In today’s Grauniad, there’s an ominous story about the state of water use in a less-discussed part of the Southwest. Take a quick guess: what do you think is the fastest-growing city in the United States?
( Read more... )
To further my desire to both acknowledge and dispute Eliza Daley’s recent essay on ruralization (mentioned in a previous post), I want to wrap up my thoughts about the unsustainability of our society and economy. If you keep reading you will see me argue repeatedly that giant cities should be avoided, or possibly departed if you already live there, in favor of smaller cities. Partly this is because their citizens are often gerrymandered out of political influence, but partly it is because I think big cities are inherently problematic. Here I’m skipping ahead a bit to explain why I think so.
( Read more... )
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
timeasmymeasure
