Denver
Dream 2009
A good friend alerted me to this column by David Brooks:
“The time has finally come, some writers are predicting, when Americans will finally repent. They’ll move back to the urban core. They will ride more bicycles, have smaller homes and tinier fridges and rediscover the joys of dense community — and maybe even superior beer.
America will, in short, finally begin to look a little more like Amsterdam.
Well, Amsterdam is a wonderful city, but Americans never seem to want to live there. And even now, in this moment of chastening pain, they don’t seem to want the Dutch option.”
Mr. Brooks can be proud of me; after moving to New York I stopped biking.
Mr. Brooks notes: “If you jumble together the five most popular American metro areas — Denver, San Diego, Seattle, Orlando and Tampa — you get an image of the American Dream circa 2009.”
I love to please Mr. Brooks and I know it is awfully un-American but I’m not going to move to Denver or Tampa, I’ll stay in New York City.
Arnon
Here is the first recording of my contribution to you and your work. Just to give you an idea.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldrEpnNL5NQ&fmt=18
Arnon
You are still a trendsetter. Small apartment, tiny fridge and no car.coen,
do you have a brother or a relative who lives or has lived in budapest?(Istanbul, your gate to the Orient.)
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No, I don't think so.Coen
Thank you!Nice tune. Could become The Grunberg Jingle!
Boob
David Brooks is one of America's most successful boobs.What he no doubt doesn't care to consider is how many of those unsatisfied urban dwellers already live in the sprawling suburban cities like Phoenix and Atlanta. These are not the sorts of people that one thinks of when the term "urban dweller" is used but they nonetheless are residents of "cities" because of the inconsistent and patchwork manner in which cities are defined in Usa. For my part the great appeal of classical urban spaces is not the use of bicycles but well-developed public transportation systems. New York and Hamsterman score high on this scale.
