apophenia: musing about social networks and g/local cultures - The Diigo Meta page

• 12 Apr 08
  

  Jeremy Price

  Interesting take on the state of the local in the "new suburban" context.

  local global social networks suburban youth culture economics

  • If you're more likely to know people globally than locally, why be invested in local business?
• 10 Apr 08
  

  Elroy Jetson

  sociology

  • many didn't really socialize outside the family
  • Explanations always seemed to boil down to time, but I couldn't help but wonder if lack of interest was also part of it.
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  • • Lacking that personal connection or liberal guilt, doesn't it make sense to save money instead of support local?
    • Older folks seemed to be much more likely to visit establishments frequently where they build long-lasting relations with local folks while the "no time" parents didn't appear to be doing that.
    • If you're more likely to know people globally than locally, why be invested in local business?
    • new suburbia where entire neighborhoods of people have been living in their house for under 5 years, where neighborhoods are rigidly planned and yet structured to permit next to zero neighbor interaction or child play space, where cars are needed to get a carton of milk, where walking gets you nowhere and there aren't sidewalks anyhow, etc.

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