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News & ArtsWednesday, October 24, 2012
Architecture Empty Seattle
Posted by Charles Mudede on Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 8:27 AM
Several people have sent me a link to this video, "Seattle Time Lapse," which is part of a project called Empty America.
An empty Seattle, however, looks like any Seattle on a Sunday. We are not a crowded city, though we should do everything in our power to become one. The less space there is between us, the better we are as humans, the hyper-social animal.
A future without density, lots of bicycles, and (my favorite of all) some form of "snail living," is a future that will most likely not happen.
Note from Fauna: [It] is a little difficult to translate and is used as both a noun and verb in the original Chinese post. It has been translated as "snail house" by terroir here but the basic meaning is a small and uncomfortable but necessary living place (noun) or to make something into a small and uncomfortable but necessary living place (verb).]
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"An empty Seattle, however, looks like any Seattle on a Sunday." I had the exact same thought when I saw this.
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The less space there is between us, the better we are as humans, the hyper-social animal.
Fuck you.
Fuck you.
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You’re featuring Ashton Kutcher’s work now?... Fuck but you are DEEP Chuck!
(Can’t wait for you to bloviate on the profound psychosocial drivers of Two And A Half Men).
(Can’t wait for you to bloviate on the profound psychosocial drivers of Two And A Half Men).
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@8 that would be cool. He could compare Early 2 1/2 Men with Later 2 1/2 Men and contrast the social arrangements in both.
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Fremont is the fucking suburbs. If that's what you consider "city," you've officially confirmed yourself to be a local yokel.
Fremont is the fucking suburbs. If that's what you consider "city," you've officially confirmed yourself to be a local yokel.
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