tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6481848041027802961.post7434631208378559775..comments2023-12-25T23:08:27.873-05:00Comments on Car Free with Kids: Cost of Living in Cambridge vs. the Cost of a CarAngela V-Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06870595899814271197noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6481848041027802961.post-8329173311631060662023-12-25T23:08:27.873-05:002023-12-25T23:08:27.873-05:00Awesome blog yyou have hereAwesome blog yyou have hereNorikathttps://norikat.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6481848041027802961.post-29660927284077325322009-02-04T12:50:00.000-05:002009-02-04T12:50:00.000-05:00I agree completely on the mowing of a lawn, but wh...I agree completely on the mowing of a lawn, but what I miss most in the city is the connection to the earth that I get while gardening. For me it is not work, it's something closer to church.<BR/>I have a community garden plot, which is better than nothing, but it's so disheartening when malicious passer-by sabotage my garden just for the pleasure of hurting me. <BR/>Living in Europe was nice because I had a small veranda outside enormous doors on which I could grow flowers and herbs. This was enough for me. New England architecture tends to be better insulated, so no herb garden for me.Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08036691849337099909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6481848041027802961.post-57738056803201634782009-01-18T15:10:00.000-05:002009-01-18T15:10:00.000-05:00I agree. I don't want the yard -- who wants to mow...I agree. I don't want the yard -- who wants to mow it? I love it that the city comes and takes care of "our" park. I also love that I can clean up my small house in an hour or so (even if it's really messy). I have to take care of everything I own, and I'd prefer to own very little than to have to take care of a lot.Angela V-Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06870595899814271197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6481848041027802961.post-74766753802240289242009-01-17T21:31:00.000-05:002009-01-17T21:31:00.000-05:00There are alot of architects and land planners who...There are alot of architects and land planners who have figured this out. But it is a tough sell in the U.S.<BR/><BR/>An European - unamed and random, just some guy here on business - made that observation once. He said Americans always want to own everything. Having a beach house instead of a rental. Having a big yard instead of a public park.<BR/><BR/>It's not particularly efficient, this owning stuff.<BR/><BR/>So then. We can wander down the path of consumerism or the disappearance of public squares or what have you.<BR/><BR/>I don't know. Where I live I see all of these guys out every weekend mowing their two or ten or forty acres of grass and I think - What a waste of time. Or I'm just in need of medication because I really don't get it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com