@capntransit@evanpeterjones Yeah, I've told you this but I don't know if Evan knows that the origin story of the blog name was from when I walked around Worcester, was horrified by how unwalkable it was, and put some photos onto a Facebook album with the title "more pedestrian observations."
@Alon@evanpeterjones I'm not sure you ever actually told me the story behind the name! Pretty cool.
I've changed trains in Worcester, England, and I've been to a lot of towns in Massachusetts, but for some reason I've never been to Worcester, Massachusetts....
Looking at modern American cities, and at photos of General Motors' "Futurama" exhibit - where they promoted their utopic view of a future in which everyone was their customer - it's clear that GM succeeded in pushing through with their vision.
Modern American cities look very much like the models they presented there.
They were razed and re-made, not according to the will of their citizens but that of a handful of corporate profiteers.
If Earth Day really meant anything, it would be World Scrap a Car day, doesn't have to be yours (if you don't have one), just any random car... that way we really could start to save the planet...
