Stranded in Suburbia - New York Times
Each gas price increase causes me to hope more. There is a lot of pain for the working-poor in higher gas prices; but cheap gas is a barrier to neighborly community.
Cheap gas has let us live 15min-1hr away from where we work, where we shop, where we go to church, the movies, etc. That has made it easy to live isolated at home; and compartmentalize social groups (one group at work, one at church, one at school).
Expensive gas won't kill driving, but it should reshape local living in America. And for that reason, I'm hopeful as I see gas rise.
This article (top) describes what I hope happens.
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1 comment:
Bah. The single biggest factor in fostering isolation was a little invention that got installed into homes a few decades ago.
Air conditioning.
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