Comments on: Mind of the City http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/2009/01/07/mind-of-the-city/ The source on how we live, work and play Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:10:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Robert http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/2009/01/07/mind-of-the-city/comment-page-1/#comment-8859 Robert Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:28:31 +0000 http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/?p=7149#comment-8859 I'm like Woody Allen. The thought of all those insects and animals lurking nearby in the countryside makes me nervous. I always have a profound sense of relief when I return after a holiday and get back to mixing it with crack dealers, car thieves and lonely old perverts in the city. I’m like Woody Allen. The thought of all those insects and animals lurking nearby in the countryside makes me nervous. I always have a profound sense of relief when I return after a holiday and get back to mixing it with crack dealers, car thieves and lonely old perverts in the city.

]]> By: Glenn http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/2009/01/07/mind-of-the-city/comment-page-1/#comment-8836 Glenn Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:20:40 +0000 http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/?p=7149#comment-8836 I live @ the beach. Here's the problem with living in such a setting. Income. Great place to live if your wealthy or have a source ( job) that allows u to collect $$ from some other place. I once had a business here and made an ok living. The building it was in wasn't mine and got sold and that was the end of my business. That was 13 yrs. ago and since then I've already been through another career in computers. Now those jobs are gone as well as the economy tanks. Now , I'm trying my hand at making art and writing as well. At 60 it's much more problematic to start over again, but I have no choice. It's almost as if my own life is right where the larger economy is right now. Strange and not very comforting. I live @ the beach. Here’s the problem with living in such a setting. Income. Great place to live if your wealthy or have a source ( job) that allows u to collect $$ from some other place. I once had a business here and made an ok living. The building it was in wasn’t mine and got sold and that was the end of my business. That was 13 yrs. ago and since then I’ve already been through another career in computers. Now those jobs are gone as well as the economy tanks. Now , I’m trying my hand at making art and writing as well. At 60 it’s much more problematic to start over again, but I have no choice. It’s almost as if my own life is right where the larger economy is right now. Strange and not very comforting.

]]> By: David J. Miller http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/2009/01/07/mind-of-the-city/comment-page-1/#comment-8835 David J. Miller Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:14:04 +0000 http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/?p=7149#comment-8835 Interesting piece. Through the last 12 years of living in the city I have always had places with small yards or within a few blocks of a park. I also always have a dog so it brought me out to the natural parts of the urban landscape a few times a day. All that said, I moved out to the 'close in' burbs about 6 months ago and the decrease in 'depleting stimulation' on the street has been great and has lowered my stress level. If the theory in the article is correct I should also be making better decisions. That is unclear at this point. Interesting piece. Through the last 12 years of living in the city I have always had places with small yards or within a few blocks of a park. I also always have a dog so it brought me out to the natural parts of the urban landscape a few times a day.

All that said, I moved out to the ‘close in’ burbs about 6 months ago and the decrease in ‘depleting stimulation’ on the street has been great and has lowered my stress level. If the theory in the article is correct I should also be making better decisions. That is unclear at this point.

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