Re:The Totes Amazesh Way Millennials Are Changing the Englis...
by shiftpgdn on Friday January 22, 2016 @12:24PM
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What's wrong with wanting a walkable neighborhood and things produced by craftsmen instead of Chinese mass laborers?
Re:The Totes Amazesh Way Millennials Are Changing the Englis...
by banku_brougham on Friday January 22, 2016 @12:36PM
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I the the objection is to the obsession with such things. Talking/posting about it all the time, etc. It's an unalloyed truth that artisanal pickles and cheese, purchased from local craftspeople, transported home on a workcycle, enjoyed on a freshly baked ciabatta, are the greatest things ever.
Re:The Totes Amazesh Way Millennials Are Changing the Englis...
by hueving on Friday January 22, 2016 @12:33PM
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Chinese mass laborers make In-N-Out burgers?
Walkable neighborhoods aren't particularly a problem, it's that the people that advocate for it pretty aggressively attack suburban living's support system to do so (cars, freeways, etc).
Re:The Totes Amazesh Way Millennials Are Changing the Englis...
by AndrewUnmuted on Friday January 22, 2016 @12:38PM
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Cars and freeways are both examples of extreme largesse and horrible community planning. Freeways are some of the world's most dangerous public territories. Why would you discourage individuals from criticizing and judging these outdated, expensive, pollution death traps?
Re:The Totes Amazesh Way Millennials Are Changing the Englis...
by dkhenry on Friday January 22, 2016 @12:47PM
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I wouldn't lump "artisanal" and "walkable" as Millennial values. Remember back in the 80's we used to have neighborhoods we could move around in, and we would get things from local stores. Then as the 80's progressed and the 90's and 00's got underway we isolated people into sprawling sub-urban developments and everything became mass market and cheap. The older "Millennials" want to return to what we remember from our early early childhood, and I think that is different from the "I need everything in walking distance because I don't want a car" crowd
Same with this obsession with "artisanal" stuff, walkable neighborhoods, and the like.