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Originally Posted by Coldrsx
No, I feel this way because we tend to over-prioritize private space here and silo ourselves versus enriching our society and culture by being within it more often.
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that's pretty presumptuous and pretty judgemental all at the same time Coldrsx... in a word, it's crap.
how spaces are used is more important than whether they are "public" or "private". don't forget, most of those urban chic bars and patios are private spaces, not public ones. how you choose to use your front room or your balcony or your back yard and how open and accessible those spaces are for various activities is a reflection of how you choose to use them, not whether they are public or private. just as your family picnic in a park or your conversations with your friends in a square are as open - or as closed - as you choose them to be whether or not they are public or private.
my backyard is more open and accessible and conducive to public exchange than your lobby and elevator and balcony and i pay dearly for the right to invest in it and take care of it and participate in those exchanges (even if it's just offering a view to those walking by). and i also pay dearly - and freely i might add - for the right to invest in those public spaces you enjoy. when you say "
i feel this way because we tend to over-prioritize private space", you're completely and entirely wrong.
you feel the way
you do because
you tend to under-prioritize private space. and you're perfectly entitled to feel that way. but please stop confusing "
i" with "
we".
equating private space alone with silo-ing and public space alone as capable of enriching our society and culture is crap. and when our previous mayor said "
no more crap" by calling crap out for what it is, it's a shame he was only referencing architecture.