02 January 2010

Return to Noplace

Times to Remember, Places to Forget
By DANIEL GILBERT, NY Times

...maybe we’ve reached nostalgia’s end. “Nostalgia” ...is literally a longing for the places of one’s past. And lately, it has become harder and harder to find things to miss about America’s places.

Downtowns were once collections of local businesses...Today,... The banks and burritos and baristas on one city block are replicated on the next — and in all the malls, in all the cities, in all the states. Americans can drive from one ocean to the other, stopping every day for the same hamburger and every evening at the same hotel. Traveling in a straight line is no longer much different than traveling in a circle...

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Dave said...

If you want to find Nostalgia, take the road less traveled

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