http://adigitalcity.com/2008/07/10/defining-human-scale building cities for a digital age Sun, 20 Nov 2011 19:14:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://adigitalcity.com/2008/07/10/defining-human-scale/comment-page-1#comment-27 Matthew Tobin Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:39:40 +0000 http://adigitalcity.com/?p=25#comment-27 I joined your website, because I also am interested in city/societal planning. I recently had the privilege to watch the major motion picture 1984. Of course, I had read the book many times since adolescence. When I watched the film, I tried to understand, "How can we make the organized/Orwellian/authoritarian society more user-friendly? What are the critiques of the organized society?" I am a moderate/centrist. I see a lot of critique of Wal-Mart, but also a lot of misunderstanding about the plight of low-income individuals. I don't know much about Seattle, as I have never been there, but a lot of the people I know who shop at Wal-Mart do so because they can conveniently complete all their shopping (usually at low prices) from one destination. Sure, they should be walking and taking monorails, and be using floating cars, but those things are not available in the Houston area. I joined your website, because I also am interested in city/societal planning. I recently had the privilege to watch the major motion picture 1984. Of course, I had read the book many times since adolescence. When I watched the film, I tried to understand, “How can we make the organized/Orwellian/authoritarian society more user-friendly? What are the critiques of the organized society?” I am a moderate/centrist. I see a lot of critique of Wal-Mart, but also a lot of misunderstanding about the plight of low-income individuals. I don’t know much about Seattle, as I have never been there, but a lot of the people I know who shop at Wal-Mart do so because they can conveniently complete all their shopping (usually at low prices) from one destination. Sure, they should be walking and taking monorails, and be using floating cars, but those things are not available in the Houston area.

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