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I'm not a particularly fast reader. I'm genuinely interested in what this article may be trying to say, but there's so much lard in this writing that I had to s
by evizaer 16y ago
I'm not a particularly fast reader. I'm genuinely interested in what this article may be trying to say, but there's so much lard in this writing that I had to stop reading after a few paragraphs to save myself the potential huge time loss inherent in getting through the entire thing and being disappointed by the end meaning. The writing is so full of overwrought huge abstractions and hyperbole instead of concrete fact that I can't push myself to even get halfway through it.
I do share the feeling that it describes, though, about the uncaring nature of the way we seem to construct towns these days.
- gte910h 16y agoThat's what the Atlantic is like. They rarely take pieces that aren't in a similar style.
- duffbeer703 16y agoThe article is dressed up a bit because Kunstler (the author) is someone who seems to exclusively write and speak on this topic. (And by "topic", I mean says the same thing over and over and over and over again, then repeats himself.) He lives somewhere where I live near Saratoga Springs, NY, which is a late-blooming, but vivid example of the sprawl that he talks about. I've heard him speak a few times... nice guy, good points, but just like a politician on the stump, it gets tired after awhile.