If there's an article in The Seattle Times about anything related to life in Seattle, invariably the comments will include people talking about how horrible the city of Seattle is and predicting that more people will move to the suburbs and further out to get away from the crime and crowds and taxes, etc.
This attitude makes no sense to me. If everyone who wants to live 'away from the crowds' - even if its just a suburb with a yard for outdoor space - eventually there will be no space left. Maybe not in your lifetime or your children's lifetime, but it will happen in someone's lifetime.
Then What?
Eventually, people have to learn how to get along in crowded, densely populated cities. We can't keep running away from it. Better to figure it out now rather than waiting until the populations of Earth have decimated the planet's resources and natural beauty.
We can either stop repopulating the world, or we can learn how to live peaceful, humane, fair and equitable lives in the city.
This is the article in The Seattle Times that made me think of it. Note, its not the article as much as the comments - and even the comments aren't as bad as I've seen. I think many of the comments I'm referring to aren't honest. But, they do reflect an idea that there is too much...'chaos' in the cities. From what I can tell, it feels like the 'chaos' to them involves diversity of thought and action, which requires laws and regulations. They don't like being told what to do. If everyone was 'the same' nobody would have to be told what to do because everyone would act 'normal'. That, I think, their feelings.
In any event, I think people should stop 'running away' from the discomfort of trying to get along with a wide range of people. It will elevate our humanity and save the planet as well.
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