Before I begin, I would like to preface my post with this fact: I have lived in Memphis for less than a year. I do not claim to understand the city’s budgetary or economical status and certainly do not have any answers regarding a possible solution. When I first moved here, there were three things […]
Entries from June 27, 2013
The Demise of Public Transportation; The Persistence of Racial Segregation
June 19, 2013 · 39 Comments · Uncategorized
Demise of Public Transportation The development of the automobile and the subsequent decline of public transportation certainly created an entirely new culture of accessibility and freedom. With an automobile, each traveler was in charge of his own destiny: he left and arrived as he pleased. Maybe he stopped for a piece of gum, maybe not. […]
Suburbia and one Woman’s Opinion
June 13, 2013 · 15 Comments · Uncategorized
In Jackson’s book, “The Crabgrass Frontier”, the author draws attention to the fact that city fringe areas were once reserved for the working class and poor. Being far away from the center of the city was less fashionable and required more effort to travel to work each day. Before the omnibus, ferries and railways, everyone […]