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I hate to go up against "experts" who believe that high-density, grow-up-not-out, urban-neighborhood-type is the best way to go for the future of the human race, but I don't see that concept ever catching on except with urban elitist DINKs who are a substantial minority of the population, anyway. Most people will acknowledge that it's part of the American Dream to have your own single-family home on land of your own. But to me, there's much more to it than that. Yes, I'd love to have a nice home that I own on my own land. I had that before, and it's nice (even if homes are extremely high-maintenance propositions). However, my considerations are much more related to others' desires than my own. Such as the desire to make as much noise as possible by throwing a loud party until 3:00 am. The desire to cook the stinkiest food on the planet, and cook it in such a way that fills an entire building with its funk. The desire to share parking spaces and have your friends/relatives/acquaintances take all the available spots so that you have to park 5 minutes' walk from your own place. The desire to have wild, sticky, jungle sex at the most bizarre times of the night. The desire to have a knock-down, drag-out domestic disturbance with their significant other. In short, the thoughtless desires of other human beings who are already as we speak placing themselves at the center of the universe, to the exclusion of the needs and considerations of their fellow human beings.
All of you who've ever lived in an apartment knows exactly what I'm talking about. You've all experienced these sorts of events. They're an inevitable part of living in close proximity to other humans. It's not necessarily a bad thing, but it's certainly not what I prefer in my own living arrangements. All of you have heard of the concept of "personal space". Owning a single-family home in the suburbs is essentially a larger-scale version of that theory. It allows us to maintain some illusion of privacy in our own lives. You don't have that if you live in the apartment/condo/loft setting these experts are claiming will make the world a better place. It's a wonder they're not actually seeing the trends of humans moving out AWAY from the cities, so they don't have to experience this. It's also a huge wonder considering most of these people are also among the privacy nuts who insist that the privacy of individuals must be maintained. Try maintaining your privacy a typical urban apartment. I wonder if any of the people who say this is the best way actually LIVE in the sort of environment they're telling everyone else they need to live in.
I'll keep my home on the range, thank you very much. Thanks for reading along.
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