Обама официально объявил о конце американских пригородов в таком виде в каком они сейчас существуют
President Wants ‘People To Live In Communities Where They Don’t Always Have to Be in an Automobile’
LA urban sprawl
Еще в 2004 году профессор архитектуры Йельского университрта Dolores Hayden выпустила книгу Field Guide To Sprawl. в которой согласна со мной ))))
Знаю, что многие из френдов живут в этой самой Suburbs
А вы знаете, что существует определенный жаргон?
Можете проверить свой словарный запас на эту тему под катом:
Dolores Hayden, A Field Guide to Sprawl
Sprawl Quiz
1. An alligator is:
A. a housemate who snaps at you
B. a green appliqué on your date’s pink polo shirt
C. a real estate investment producing no income
2. You talk to your friends about TOADS:
A. the ugliest buildings you have ever seen
B. because it is springtime
C. temporary, abandoned, obsolete,or derelict structures
3. How many waste tires sit on tire mountains and tire dumps in the U.S.?
A. 1,000,000
B. 100,000,000
C. 500,000,000
4. Litter-on-a-stick refers to:
A. throwing away a popsicle
B. failing to recycle newspapers
C. outdoor advertising, especially billboards
5. Ball-pork has been defined as:
A. hot dogs at the Yankees’ game
B. too many pigs crowded into a pen
C. a new stadium provided at taxpayers’ expense for a privately-owned ball team
6. “Rurban” describes rapid urbanization in rural areas. A sociologist coined the term in:
A. 2004
B. 1994
C. 1946
7. A demographer has defined fifty-three “boomburbs” in the United States as:
A. places with over 100,000 residents that are not the largest cities in their metro areas
B. suburban places that have maintained double digit population growth in recent decades
C. both A and B are required to define a boomburb
8. LOS-F is engineering jargon for “level of service, failing.” It is most commonly used to refer to:
A. the effects of drought on water systems
B. electrical blackouts on the power grid
C. traffic jams
9. Businessmen and public officials participating in a “growth machine”:
A. shorten the time from planting to harvest
B. boost a stock
C. promote real estate development
10. The “mansion subsidy” which promotes monster houses is a personal income tax deduction for home mortgage interest, points, and property taxes (covering up to two homes and a principal of $1 million). Every year it costs the U.S. government:
A. $10 million
B. $100 million
C. $100 billion
11. A developer who creates a “pig-in-a-python” has built:
A. a dump
B. an overly wide intersection
C. an edge city extended from a strip
12. “Dead worm” is used to critique:
A. environmental pollution
B. dangling wires
C. cul-de-sac layouts in residential subdivisions
А я вам завтра это в картинках покажу
