It's the lack of diversity. It's the idea that a golf course community is THE place to be, not A place to be. It's the fact that it's socially valued more than a neighborhood where you interact with a wider variety of people. The idea that this article would talk about great small towns, and then provide a list of golf-course resort neighborhoods on which to live.
Why don't we shop every day? Why don't we buy fresh bread or decent fruits and veggies in a market every day? What is the purpose of isolating yourself from anybody who doesn't have the same socio economic status as yourself? Why does our every need have to be met within our individual homes, instead of in public spaces? Why should we all have to have home gyms, restaurant quality kitchens, spas, big yards so we never have to see each other? Where is the public space? Why is the public space so ugly, making it *necessary* to have such an extensive private space?
These are big questions, necessitating a long, subtle, and varied discussion, not something I can address well in a short comment. Certainly, I can't, nor would want to, fault anybody for living where they want. But it seems to me that society only values one way, and not the other.
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Re: Just a guess...
Date: 2009-02-25 03:40 pm (UTC)Why don't we shop every day? Why don't we buy fresh bread or decent fruits and veggies in a market every day? What is the purpose of isolating yourself from anybody who doesn't have the same socio economic status as yourself? Why does our every need have to be met within our individual homes, instead of in public spaces? Why should we all have to have home gyms, restaurant quality kitchens, spas, big yards so we never have to see each other? Where is the public space? Why is the public space so ugly, making it *necessary* to have such an extensive private space?
These are big questions, necessitating a long, subtle, and varied discussion, not something I can address well in a short comment. Certainly, I can't, nor would want to, fault anybody for living where they want. But it seems to me that society only values one way, and not the other.