- May 12, 2009 • 1:32 am PDT
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A story caught my atention this morning that tells of a town not far from Motor City that lives without cars. (Good http://ow.ly/6cRb)
It?s
called Mackinac Island and it?s inertia with a tourism industry. People
peddle, walk and horse around the 4mi island choosing simplicity and
hydro-electricity over growth and consumption.
"We?re
not interpretive history, we?re immersion history," states
historian/resident Bob Tagatz. "You?re in a place that looks like it
did 100yrs ago and will look the same in 100 more."
not interpretive history, we?re immersion history," states
historian/resident Bob Tagatz. "You?re in a place that looks like it
did 100yrs ago and will look the same in 100 more."
Now
I?m definitely more of a futurist than a preservation activist but
there?s actually something rather progressive about a community that
can live without cars.
Could
more of us do this? Could communities shrink back down to places of
geographical proximity, relational reliability and neighborhood?
Townhall meetings, block parties and barn raisers?
The cliche
answer to anything that isn?t now is that "it?s just not realistic."
But consider this, that unless you?re reading this via a hand written
letter from Google in a field somewhere, most of what?s around you was
once victimized by the same label.
Unrealistic is merely a catalyst in the art of ideation and imagineering. And but an antogonist of what is known as faith.
What?s your "unrealistic"? Can you see what is not yet seen?
Dream up a new story. There are no penalties for re-writes.
