Comments on: Culturally Inept

By: bicyclemark

bicyclemark — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 04:26:04 +0000

I expect too much — i know. I like how youve carved out your way tho.. I do.

Im going to be futzing around the Asbury Park / Bernegat regions close to xmas time with 2 lovely ladies.. so umm.. put on some extra fallafels?

By: shuman-fu

shuman-fu — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 06:28:42 +0000

i live in jersey. i take mass transit as often as i can. i worked in newark and play in nyc and red bank, so nj transit is an option. the gym, the liquor store, and the farm market are only a short run down the highway, and the henry hudson trail gives me bike access to most of the county… but i still have to drive my car at least 3 days a week. and when the temperature drops into the teens (or lower), i have trouble running more than half a mile. so i am a slave to my honda civic.

but, c’mon… when in your lifetime was suburbia EVER a place to “expect to see some new buildings, new construction projects, and generally speaking.. signs of a new era… new ideas… the future.” i’m just here for the beaches and state parks.

hey, if you’re going to be around the monmouth conty area, swing by and i’ll cook up some falafels and open my finest bottle of ale.

By: bicyclemark

bicyclemark — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:29:17 +0000

How about Friday during the day?

By: bicyclemark

bicyclemark — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:28:52 +0000

i dont think it has to be culture but it has become a culture.. a tradition… normal. and thats sad cause its bad.. bad for people.. bad for the environment. I know the freedom to drive is cool but youre not really that free anymore.

By: kevin nocoins

kevin nocoins — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 20:28:17 +0000

I get kind of ill every time I go to jersey as well… and I only live across the bridge in Philly (apparently near your friend Mike up there since I am around the corner from LaVa). I hate that I have to drive everywhere in Jersey. In Philly I can go months without seeing the inside of a car. I bike everywhere and I love it. I feel bad for people trapped in their cars.

When I talk to families that have a little bit of money in Philly (aka the ability and will to leave), and ask why they don’t move to Jersey to get away from the crime and violence, they always say the same thing. “If I lived in jersey, I could never get around anywhere, I would be stuck on an island, there is no mass transit anywhere!” Maybe that is a big part of the problem… but maybe it is just the culture.

By: mike

mike — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:39:55 +0000

Does this mean you are going to be in Philly this week? I could give you a tour of LAVA, the home of Philly IMC on wednesday is you are around.

By: DRock

DRock — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:55:29 +0000

Don’t think those Garden Staters are culturally inept, they’re doing exactly what NJ culture expects them to do drive. Not culturally lacking – just different and with more horsepower.

By: Chris Weagel

Chris Weagel — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 12:48:41 +0000

Absolutely. Nothing of substance is being done. At most in this country, our best minds are wasting their lives figuring out ways to keep cars going by burning hippo-shit and corn.

The car is always going to be needed, it’s just how much it’s needed is the question. Rather than focus on maintaining the insanely high auto transportation rate we currently have, we’d be much better off examining the layout and geography of our cities, suburbs, and towns and reconfiguring them towards a more walkable, human scale.

I have little optimism for this.

By: new cars

new cars — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 11:46:47 +0000

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