tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post8742239507169878948..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: CitiesAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-89114976122072906142019-10-03T16:53:09.016-04:002019-10-03T16:53:09.016-04:00This reminds me a lot of the old film, Koyaanisqat...This reminds me a lot of the old film, Koyaanisqatsi - Life out of Balance. You can find it on Youtube in sections, but it was scored by Philip Glass and broke ground on a lot of these techniques. https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19305198&postID=8742239507169878948<br />Aggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11089648434324058300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-46656612418328617782019-10-03T13:37:01.618-04:002019-10-03T13:37:01.618-04:00I'm a smallish-town guy. I've lived in Ri...I'm a smallish-town guy. I've lived in Riverside, CA, Tucson, and Albuquerque. Liked Abq the best.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-39907502404099916052019-10-03T09:17:14.641-04:002019-10-03T09:17:14.641-04:00@ Galen - good observation and poetically put.@ Galen - good observation and poetically put.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-87913559485083708452019-10-03T00:29:33.734-04:002019-10-03T00:29:33.734-04:00I watched the video, and had a moment of recogniti...I watched the video, and had a moment of recognition: "That's Atlanta! I've been there many times." But it wasn't. I don't know where it was, but probably Seattle, because the road signs named Tacoma and Portland. <br /><br />Well, cities are all alike -- not quite as much as airline terminals, which are themselves not <i>quite</i> all alike. Cairo's is not like Narita, indeed is more like Shanghai/Pudong than Narita. But the variations are as mild as we can make them. <br /><br />Cities are getting more and more like that.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-80080440041092083182019-10-02T23:58:39.524-04:002019-10-02T23:58:39.524-04:00You need movement to appreciate cities, stillness ...You need movement to appreciate cities, stillness to love the countryside.<br />It's all about the buzz: the one you can't escape, the other you have to listen for.Galenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08125583145056956261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-5949096798264489842019-10-02T19:54:11.599-04:002019-10-02T19:54:11.599-04:00New York City is a city that I've never lived ...New York City is a city that I've never lived in, but I've had family and work-colleagues in other places who were upper-west-side people -- So I've to hear a bit about what they dislike about <i> not </i> being there.<br />There's one who I get regular chances to tease as his packages from zabars.com are delivered to our office. Each time, I feign surprise that Zabar's sells online for postal delivery, and ask "why would anyone live in Manhattan then?"Douglas2https://www.blogger.com/profile/11290012200563917585noreply@blogger.com