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On Monday, November 27, 2017 at 4:24:12 PM UTC-8, Joerg wrote:
On 2017-11-27 14:42, jbeattie wrote: On Monday, November 27, 2017 at 1:32:12 PM UTC-8, Joerg wrote: On 2017-11-27 11:55, jbeattie wrote: On Monday, November 27, 2017 at 9:38:12 AM UTC-8, Joerg wrote: On 2017-11-26 16:08, John B. wrote: On Sun, 26 Nov 2017 08:07:27 -0800, Joerg wrote: On 2017-11-26 07:18, AMuzi wrote: On 11/25/2017 3:05 PM, Joerg wrote: On 2017-11-25 12:51, wrote: On Saturday, November 25, 2017 at 1:48:06 PM UTC-7, wrote: the foil joke may prevent you from arranging with/into your environment try this ... if foil was a component then why not .... ? J this is an older German architectural/psych concept: terracotta buildings are healthier than steel reinforced concrete ...a much larger off the ground scale I cannot locate current info on the net Steel re-enforced in most cases means some big residential highrise in a congested area. No wonder that those people are or feel less healthy. I have never understood the desire of city folk to cram together like sardines in a can. Try an intro Anthropology book some time. Before The Inter Webs, close proximity promoted exchange of ideas and specialization of effort. Still does to some extent. It does, though specialization is not always a good thing. It results, for example, in people who can't even fix a flat. Their tool of fixing just about anything is the yellow pages. As for health, dense living results in lot of civilization diseases, higher stress levels and nowadays lung diseases because of pollution. Probably also more cancer. Just about every time I reach the top of the last hill to ride into the Sacramento Valley I see that brownish smog line and I am thankful not to have to live down there. Other times I can literally smell it. I'm not so sure about the higher stress levels. I grew in a rural village in New England and have lived in cities like Miami Fl, Tokyo, Japan, Jakarta Indonesia and Bangkok Thailand and to be frank I have never felt any stress from living in cities. Such stress is often subconscious and not openly felt but it's there. Honking, screeching tires, hustle and bustle, police sirens, general traffic noise in the city ... versus tranquility, bird chirping, gentle leaf rustling, rooster crowing in the country. It has been studied scientifically many times. http://www.nature.com/news/2011/1106...l/474429a.html Population pressures can cause stress, but remote, sparsely populated areas can be stressful, too, and some places are simply alienating -- socially and visually. Why visually? While other people look at the bland outer walls of the next high-rises I look at vistas like this: http://www.analogconsultants.com/ng/bike/SouthFork1.JPG Boring brown foothills. I was raised in an area like that. The action is up the road in the Sierra -- which are stunning. Not at all boring. I sat there on the side of the trail with home-made bread, good cheese and sausage, plus a thermos with homebrew IPA. On the way back I saw traffic on the river and raced the MTB down there. Amazing, rush hour on the American River: http://www.analogconsultants.com/ng/bike/SouthFork2.JPG Also I nice opportunity for a little swim. I look at vistas like this, which is shot from my commute route: https://multco.us/sites/default/file...?itok=iYuM17n- Without all these high-rises it would be a much prettier picture. I work in the tall white building and have an unobstructed view of Mt. Hood. I can jump on my bike and go he http://images.fineartamerica.com/ima...t-jon-ares.jpg 70 miles out and back. Very nice. However, I do not need to ride 35mi to get there. I can ride 5-10mi and sit in rolling green meadows that look like Switzerland. No noise other than the occasional mooh from cows or a horse whinnying. That is one of my places to go to think through a tough engineering challenge. ... Longer gravel ride: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4Zj5JTj6uk Too much road. When I need to pick up something from Lowes or from the brewing supply place I sometimes take this route: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44zqIKf2T_I I don't have to specifically travel out there, it's just part of the ride.. In fact, I can go snow skiing, bike riding, hiking, windsurfing, brew-pubbing, distillery hopping, etc., etc. all in one summer day (theoretically, if I had the energy). http://www.spokesman.com/stories/201...d-access-t/#/3 So could I. Nope. Timberline is the only place in the continental US with year-round, lift-served skiing. And you do not have Hood River on the way home: https://www.tripadvisor.com/Location...er_Oregon.html Not that I'm a wind surfer, but I have ridden to summer ski. My wife drove because I don't have a gnarly rack that will carry my skis -- also made in Portland. https://shop.on3pskis.com/ This reminds me why I live in a city -- which does suck in many respects, particularly with all the rain in Portland. But I like the fact that I can ride, drive, bus, walk, train to the shop where my skis were made and talk to the guys who made them. It's right up there with petting a horse on the nose. I can walk to the grocery store from my house; ride with my neighbor buddy, go to a restaurant that doesn't suck -- see a movie not on my television. A big city like NYC would be too much. I have to be close to a rural area, but I could not imagine living in Toadsuck, drinking bad coffee at the Toadsuck Cafe and waiting for my shift cables to come via UPS so I can go out for a ride through the god-forsaken, tree-less desert by myself. -- Jay Beattie. |
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On 11/27/2017 5:42 PM, jbeattie wrote:
BTW, I walk on a horse trail and don't find it particularly enjoyable. He https://tinyurl.com/y7sqb7j5 That is about a mile from my godless, urban wasteland of a home. My wife and I do a lot of walking around Tryon Creek. I bet you don't have a little suspension bridge in your back yard! http://www.oregonhikers.org/w/images...leyBridge1.jpg Just incidentally, we do have a very similar suspension bridge in our local forest preserve. The forest entrance is about half a mile from my house, riding or walking on very quiet residential streets. The suspension bridge is maybe half a mile farther. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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On Monday, November 27, 2017 at 7:20:30 PM UTC-8, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 11/27/2017 5:42 PM, jbeattie wrote: BTW, I walk on a horse trail and don't find it particularly enjoyable. He https://tinyurl.com/y7sqb7j5 That is about a mile from my godless, urban wasteland of a home. My wife and I do a lot of walking around Tryon Creek. I bet you don't have a little suspension bridge in your back yard! http://www.oregonhikers.org/w/images...leyBridge1.jpg Just incidentally, we do have a very similar suspension bridge in our local forest preserve. The forest entrance is about half a mile from my house, riding or walking on very quiet residential streets. The suspension bridge is maybe half a mile farther. Everyone should have a forest trail with a little suspension bridge. Maybe we could get Trump to wrap it into the new tax plan. I'm not excited about the horses on the horse trail though. The owners should carry 30 gallon Glad bags to pick up the crap -- like dog owners. One route to the trail head is quiet -- the other is not, but it has a wide sidewalk. The quiet route has sidewalk. I'm outraged that city planners don't understand that I need a sidewalk. -- Jay Beattie. |
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On Monday, November 27, 2017 at 3:42:37 PM UTC-7, jbeattie wrote:
On Monday, November 27, 2017 at 1:32:12 PM UTC-8, Joerg wrote: On 2017-11-27 11:55, jbeattie wrote: On Monday, November 27, 2017 at 9:38:12 AM UTC-8, Joerg wrote: On 2017-11-26 16:08, John B. wrote: On Sun, 26 Nov 2017 08:07:27 -0800, Joerg wrote: On 2017-11-26 07:18, AMuzi wrote: On 11/25/2017 3:05 PM, Joerg wrote: On 2017-11-25 12:51, wrote: On Saturday, November 25, 2017 at 1:48:06 PM UTC-7, wrote: the foil joke may prevent you from arranging with/into your environment try this ... if foil was a component then why not .... ? J this is an older German architectural/psych concept: terracotta buildings are healthier than steel reinforced concrete ...a much larger off the ground scale I cannot locate current info on the net Steel re-enforced in most cases means some big residential highrise in a congested area. No wonder that those people are or feel less healthy. I have never understood the desire of city folk to cram together like sardines in a can. Try an intro Anthropology book some time. Before The Inter Webs, close proximity promoted exchange of ideas and specialization of effort. Still does to some extent. It does, though specialization is not always a good thing. It results, for example, in people who can't even fix a flat. Their tool of fixing just about anything is the yellow pages. As for health, dense living results in lot of civilization diseases, higher stress levels and nowadays lung diseases because of pollution. Probably also more cancer. Just about every time I reach the top of the last hill to ride into the Sacramento Valley I see that brownish smog line and I am thankful not to have to live down there. Other times I can literally smell it. I'm not so sure about the higher stress levels. I grew in a rural village in New England and have lived in cities like Miami Fl, Tokyo, Japan, Jakarta Indonesia and Bangkok Thailand and to be frank I have never felt any stress from living in cities. Such stress is often subconscious and not openly felt but it's there. Honking, screeching tires, hustle and bustle, police sirens, general traffic noise in the city ... versus tranquility, bird chirping, gentle leaf rustling, rooster crowing in the country. It has been studied scientifically many times. http://www.nature.com/news/2011/1106...l/474429a.html Population pressures can cause stress, but remote, sparsely populated areas can be stressful, too, and some places are simply alienating -- socially and visually. Why visually? While other people look at the bland outer walls of the next high-rises I look at vistas like this: http://www.analogconsultants.com/ng/bike/SouthFork1.JPG Boring brown foothills. I was raised in an area like that. The action is up the road in the Sierra -- which are stunning. I look at vistas like this, which is shot from my commute route: https://multco.us/sites/default/file...?itok=iYuM17n- I work in the tall white building and have an unobstructed view of Mt. Hood. I can jump on my bike and go he http://images.fineartamerica.com/ima...t-jon-ares.jpg 70 miles out and back. Longer gravel ride: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4Zj5JTj6uk In fact, I can go snow skiing, bike riding, hiking, windsurfing, brew-pubbing, distillery hopping, etc., etc. all in one summer day (theoretically, if I had the energy). http://www.spokesman.com/stories/201...d-access-t/#/3 Timberline is about an hour and a half by car from my loathsome urban home. Socially, yes, if someone has problems in that domain they should not live out in the country. I am quite happy with the number of friends I have here and also consider friendship with animals to be very rewarding. On my last ride I spent around 1/2h with horses. When they see my helmet bobbing in the distance they start coming. Even some wild animals are quite social. Deer, foxes, birds. After a while they recognize people they see a lot and behave quite friendly. Especially if one makes the time for them. Dear St. Francis, I'm not talking about being lonely and communing with the animals. I'm talking about living in a cow-town east of the Cascades where being from Portland makes me a presumptive tree-hugging, faggot communist. I've been to tiny towns in Idaho and Montana where the locals were downright hostile to cyclists. If you moved to Hurricane, you would never quite fit into the dominant culture -- unless you convert. In the city people honk if you stop "needlessly". Even cyclists have hollered "Don't block the path!" when I dared to pet a dog. They obviously felt inconvenienced to move the handlebar a few milli-degrees to ride around us. I once inadvertently blocked a singletrack because a horse wanted a nose rub. Another rider came up from behind, hopped off and gave the next horse a nose rub. Then we talked about trails and stuff for 15 minutes. That's what I call country living. I get a flat tire, and I have fifty people ask me if I need help -- which does get tiring. And yes, there is nasty city traffic and honking motor vehicles. It's a big city, and that is why I am moving back to Portland in 1978 -- or Los Gatos in 1968. I see no other options than time travel. BTW, I walk on a horse trail and don't find it particularly enjoyable. He https://tinyurl.com/y7sqb7j5 That is about a mile from my godless, urban wasteland of a home. My wife and I do a lot of walking around Tryon Creek. I bet you don't have a little suspension bridge in your back yard! http://www.oregonhikers.org/w/images...leyBridge1.jpg And there are dangers of living in a truly remote area. It is like skiing out of bounds. If you get hurt, you better have a beacon and an evacuation strategy. Very aware of that. This is why there are rocky downhill stretches that I walk down when I ride alone. So far I mostly have to because people consider MTB rides longer than 20mi or road bike ride of more than 35mi "crazy". I'll also have to get a portable 2m radio because cell phones don't work well out there. You must hang with a dopey cohort. Around here, nobody marvels at a 35 mile road ride. Half the city rides CX. https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6171/...538f04fd1d.jpg http://www.cxmagazine.com/racers-num...endance-record -- Jay Beattie. goo.gl/SZJvGK goo.gl/7Suz1m goo.gl/vvqJXp |
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On 27/11/2017 5:42 PM, jbeattie wrote:
snip You must hang with a dopey cohort. Around here, nobody marvels at a 35 mile road ride. Half the city rides CX. https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6171/...538f04fd1d.jpg http://www.cxmagazine.com/racers-num...endance-record Yeah but you don't live in such a dangerous place where 35 miles would be full of mountain lions and dragons and stuff like that. We can't compare our mundane 100k rides with that. |
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On Tuesday, November 28, 2017 at 6:44:51 AM UTC-8, duane wrote:
On 27/11/2017 5:42 PM, jbeattie wrote: snip You must hang with a dopey cohort. Around here, nobody marvels at a 35 mile road ride. Half the city rides CX. https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6171/...538f04fd1d.jpg http://www.cxmagazine.com/racers-num...endance-record Yeah but you don't live in such a dangerous place where 35 miles would be full of mountain lions and dragons and stuff like that. We can't compare our mundane 100k rides with that. I would trade the piles of wet leaves for clear pavement, two mountain lions and a dragon. At least I could carry speed through the corners while being chased. Dragons have a crappy turn radius. -- Jay Beattie. |
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On 2017-11-27 16:03, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On Monday, November 27, 2017 at 4:16:23 PM UTC-5, Joerg wrote: On 2017-11-27 12:15, Frank Krygowski wrote: On Monday, November 27, 2017 at 10:25:02 AM UTC-5, Joerg wrote: On 2017-11-26 18:57, Frank Krygowski wrote: Another false dichotomy. Riding on the road does not mean ingesting significant pollution. Several studies have shown that even in city traffic, cyclists ingest less pollution than motor vehicle operators. Other studies have shown that bicycle commuters live far longer than those commuting by other means. Ah yes, you have a magic energy shield around you so the fumes part right in front of your face. Phhht. I can literally smell just about any Diesel that comes by. Cars have HEPA filters and a cocoon-like innard in whcih the operator resideth, bicycles ... don't. IOW, "Don't bother me with scientific studies. My own imagination is infallible." That goes for you. When have you last seen a bicycle with a HEPA filter? Do you know what a HEPA filter is? Yes I do, Joerg. I worked as a plant engineer, then I was in charge of several labs at the university. What you don't seem to understand is that smelling a diesel is not equivalent to ingesting a significant amount of pollution. They are identical only in your imagination. Ah yes, the imaginary glass wall around you while riding. When I start to cough after a few miles of Green Valley Road during rush hour I know exactly where that comes from. Not surprisingly it stops once I've turned away from that road and it doesn't happen if I do not use that road or avoid rush hour. Most fun is when a school bus goes by like one on these: https://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/i...ealevel5_f.jpg One of your biggest logical problems is equating your imagination with actual fact. You stumble over that time and again. When you can smell it then it goes into your lungs unless you stop breathing. Which is hard to do uphill on a bicycle. It's simple. Besides, almost all of my riding involves relatively little traffic even though I rarely use bike paths. I enjoy riding quiet roads, where I may be passed by fewer than 20 cars per hour. But even on utility trips in the city or its suburbs, I can usually choose quieter streets. On our runs to the grocery store, we choose a route that gives us six miles round trip. We'll typically be passed by only a dozen cars. Good luck trying that where a metropolis is 30mi or closer. I sometimes have to ride during rush our and then it's almost bumper to bumper. Oh dear, you poor baby! Imagine! Sometimes having to ride in rush hour! But I'm sure you've convinced those in power to add a completely separate bike facility along all of your routes, right? After all, you seem to think that's the only solution to your problem. It is the only environmentally friendly one. The other solution is to use the car. Bull****. You completely ignore or discount the idea of riding a bike on a normal street or road, something that most of us here probably do almost every day. That is more environmentally friendly than wasting resources to pave more of the earth. It has the added benefit of allowing you to ride to almost any practical destination, not just those along a kiddie path. On some roads you might as well pick up smoking, it won't make much of a difference. Oh - and I'm sure your completely separate bike paths will be hermetically sealed, and given their own supply of filtered and purified air, right? It wouldn't do to have them downwind from some cars. One can't be too careful! The one I took on Friday does come close to roads and even ... gasp ... Highway 50 at one spot where you can hear faint vroom vroom sounds. Smells? Pine needle scent, foliage, earth, and oo, the occasionally horse poop. I rather smell horse poop than the soot from a big Diesel. You might be so city-addicted that you don't notice the difference but I sure do. Ah, so you don't demand a bike path sealed against pollution? If some separation is sufficient, is that because the amount of pollution is diluted by distance and is below some limit? Shall we pursue this? What is the limit, and how should we determine it? Being outside of the usual Diesel plumes suffices. Pollution is never an on-off business, it's the quantity and the cumulative effect that matter. My contention is that riding fairly quiet streets (like today's ten miles to the credit union, plus my ride to the post office) puts one way below any reasonable limit of pollution exposure. And as evidence, I'll link to easily available articles showing that bike commuting increases longevity. That's true even in places where there are few bike facilities, and in places where those on the bike facilities can smell the nearby diesel fumes. The Netherlands really doesn't seal off its bike paths, you know. https://www.bicycling.com/training/f...ride-your-life Does not work. http://time.com/4748377/commute-biki...ing-longevity/ No mention of bike path percentage. http://mentalfloss.com/article/79211...cy-study-finds No mention of bike path percentage. I lived there and they had lots of segragated bike paths. So far for your scientific accuracy. Those articles refer to three separate studies in three different locations, all with the same general result - a result that disagrees with your fearful imagination. They indicate that riding a bike in very normal city environments is not detrimental to your health. Instead, it's highly beneficial. No mention of bike path percentage. Sorry, Joerg. I chose instead to learn to ride on the roads, and I do so in perfect comfort and safety. You should try that. https://abea.bike/ Even you can learn to do it. I know how to ride. And there's one of bicycling's biggest problems. Everyone over 12 thinks "I know how to ride." They can't imagine there's anything they don't already know, so they absolutely refuse to consider learning anything. It's Dunning-Kruger in full force. Of course, you will never accept anyone who has even a slightly different opinion than you do. Doesn't matter to me. I have accepted reasonable input and changed my views on many issues, including on issues discussed in this forum. When I'm presented with evidence, I evaluate it and compare it with other evidence. Occasionally I've found that I was wrong. That would be the day! :-) What I don't accept are opinions whose source are just a paranoid's imagination. Then keep riding on roads. It's your lungs, not mine. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ |
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On 2017-11-27 16:21, John B. wrote:
On Mon, 27 Nov 2017 13:16:19 -0800, Joerg wrote: On 2017-11-27 12:15, Frank Krygowski wrote: On Monday, November 27, 2017 at 10:25:02 AM UTC-5, Joerg wrote: On 2017-11-26 18:57, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 11/26/2017 12:29 PM, Joerg wrote: On 2017-11-26 09:16, AMuzi wrote: This is a false dichotomy in that all of it can be true and likely is. Choice is good, neither city nor rural life being perfect and humans being by their nature a diverse lot. Though as humans we need to recognize when we are damaging our bodies and the denser the area the more that will happen. This is also why I'll never understand people who say "Away with cycle paths, bicycles belong on the road". I find that, sorry to say, stupid. Why would anyone in their right mind want to travel alongside noisy and polluting combustion engines buzzing by? Another false dichotomy. Riding on the road does not mean ingesting significant pollution. Several studies have shown that even in city traffic, cyclists ingest less pollution than motor vehicle operators. Other studies have shown that bicycle commuters live far longer than those commuting by other means. Ah yes, you have a magic energy shield around you so the fumes part right in front of your face. Phhht. I can literally smell just about any Diesel that comes by. Cars have HEPA filters and a cocoon-like innard in whcih the operator resideth, bicycles ... don't. IOW, "Don't bother me with scientific studies. My own imagination is infallible." That goes for you. When have you last seen a bicycle with a HEPA filter? Do you know what a HEPA filter is? Besides, almost all of my riding involves relatively little traffic even though I rarely use bike paths. I enjoy riding quiet roads, where I may be passed by fewer than 20 cars per hour. But even on utility trips in the city or its suburbs, I can usually choose quieter streets. On our runs to the grocery store, we choose a route that gives us six miles round trip. We'll typically be passed by only a dozen cars. Good luck trying that where a metropolis is 30mi or closer. I sometimes have to ride during rush our and then it's almost bumper to bumper. Oh dear, you poor baby! Imagine! Sometimes having to ride in rush hour! But I'm sure you've convinced those in power to add a completely separate bike facility along all of your routes, right? After all, you seem to think that's the only solution to your problem. It is the only environmentally friendly one. The other solution is to use the car. Oh - and I'm sure your completely separate bike paths will be hermetically sealed, and given their own supply of filtered and purified air, right? It wouldn't do to have them downwind from some cars. One can't be too careful! The one I took on Friday does come close to roads and even ... gasp ... Highway 50 at one spot where you can hear faint vroom vroom sounds. Smells? Pine needle scent, foliage, earth, and oo, the occasionally horse poop. I rather smell horse poop than the soot from a big Diesel. You might be so city-addicted that you don't notice the difference but I sure do. Quite the opposite I would say. and, yes, I grew up in a rural environment so I am familiar with all the smells that exist "out in the country". But to those who actually reside in that environment don't even notice them, they are part of the normal atmosphere. It is only the city slickers who comment on "Oh... Smell the pine trees. Of course there is an odor of pine trees, there ought to be as all you can see is pine trees for miles around. Your comment about smelling "horse poop" is a dead giveaway. The correct term is "horse manure" and it is a normal part of the rural atmosphere, or at least the normal rural atmosphere in areas where horses are kept. In other areas it might be cow manure or chicken manure and is a perfectly normal part of the environment where those critters are raised. As a little kid I grew up in farm country. Scientifically correct expressions such as manure are mostly used by upscale folks that don't live there. Locals call it poop or ****. Which is what it is. Sometimes dung but that can already be seen as a frou-frou expression :-) You remind me of the city folk that pay extra to buy the "organic" vegetables that are grown in a chemical free environment... so you can be sure that none of those nasty nitrogen rich chemicals are never, never used. You have the wrong impression there. And no, I do not eat kale. I can't stand kale. What you do to maintain the chemicals necessary to support plant life is spread "natural" fertilizers... i.e. manure on the farm land. Yes, cow dung. BTDT. So (to be a bit vulgar) first you grow the veggies in **** and then you charge the city folks extra for doing so :-) That's what they did where I grew up. They also sold the **** itself to city dwellers to fertilize their flower beds. That must have been noticed by investment bankers who, as Jay put it, sold "**** parfait" in the shape of bundled mortgage "securities" except that those eventually blew up. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ |
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On 2017-11-27 17:54, jbeattie wrote:
On Monday, November 27, 2017 at 4:24:12 PM UTC-8, Joerg wrote: On 2017-11-27 14:42, jbeattie wrote: On Monday, November 27, 2017 at 1:32:12 PM UTC-8, Joerg wrote: On 2017-11-27 11:55, jbeattie wrote: On Monday, November 27, 2017 at 9:38:12 AM UTC-8, Joerg wrote: On 2017-11-26 16:08, John B. wrote: On Sun, 26 Nov 2017 08:07:27 -0800, Joerg wrote: On 2017-11-26 07:18, AMuzi wrote: On 11/25/2017 3:05 PM, Joerg wrote: On 2017-11-25 12:51, wrote: On Saturday, November 25, 2017 at 1:48:06 PM UTC-7, wrote: the foil joke may prevent you from arranging with/into your environment try this ... if foil was a component then why not .... ? J this is an older German architectural/psych concept: terracotta buildings are healthier than steel reinforced concrete ...a much larger off the ground scale I cannot locate current info on the net Steel re-enforced in most cases means some big residential highrise in a congested area. No wonder that those people are or feel less healthy. I have never understood the desire of city folk to cram together like sardines in a can. Try an intro Anthropology book some time. Before The Inter Webs, close proximity promoted exchange of ideas and specialization of effort. Still does to some extent. It does, though specialization is not always a good thing. It results, for example, in people who can't even fix a flat. Their tool of fixing just about anything is the yellow pages. As for health, dense living results in lot of civilization diseases, higher stress levels and nowadays lung diseases because of pollution. Probably also more cancer. Just about every time I reach the top of the last hill to ride into the Sacramento Valley I see that brownish smog line and I am thankful not to have to live down there. Other times I can literally smell it. I'm not so sure about the higher stress levels. I grew in a rural village in New England and have lived in cities like Miami Fl, Tokyo, Japan, Jakarta Indonesia and Bangkok Thailand and to be frank I have never felt any stress from living in cities. Such stress is often subconscious and not openly felt but it's there. Honking, screeching tires, hustle and bustle, police sirens, general traffic noise in the city ... versus tranquility, bird chirping, gentle leaf rustling, rooster crowing in the country. It has been studied scientifically many times. http://www.nature.com/news/2011/1106...l/474429a.html Population pressures can cause stress, but remote, sparsely populated areas can be stressful, too, and some places are simply alienating -- socially and visually. Why visually? While other people look at the bland outer walls of the next high-rises I look at vistas like this: http://www.analogconsultants.com/ng/bike/SouthFork1.JPG Boring brown foothills. I was raised in an area like that. The action is up the road in the Sierra -- which are stunning. Not at all boring. I sat there on the side of the trail with home-made bread, good cheese and sausage, plus a thermos with homebrew IPA. On the way back I saw traffic on the river and raced the MTB down there. Amazing, rush hour on the American River: http://www.analogconsultants.com/ng/bike/SouthFork2.JPG Also I nice opportunity for a little swim. I look at vistas like this, which is shot from my commute route: https://multco.us/sites/default/file...?itok=iYuM17n- Without all these high-rises it would be a much prettier picture. I work in the tall white building and have an unobstructed view of Mt. Hood. I can jump on my bike and go he http://images.fineartamerica.com/ima...t-jon-ares.jpg 70 miles out and back. Very nice. However, I do not need to ride 35mi to get there. I can ride 5-10mi and sit in rolling green meadows that look like Switzerland. No noise other than the occasional mooh from cows or a horse whinnying. That is one of my places to go to think through a tough engineering challenge. ... Longer gravel ride: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4Zj5JTj6uk Too much road. When I need to pick up something from Lowes or from the brewing supply place I sometimes take this route: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44zqIKf2T_I I don't have to specifically travel out there, it's just part of the ride. In fact, I can go snow skiing, bike riding, hiking, windsurfing, brew-pubbing, distillery hopping, etc., etc. all in one summer day (theoretically, if I had the energy). http://www.spokesman.com/stories/201...d-access-t/#/3 So could I. Nope. Timberline is the only place in the continental US with year-round, lift-served skiing. https://www.powder.com/latitudes/cal...g-summer-long/ http://www.latimes.com/business/la-f...726-story.html ... And you do not have Hood River on the way home: https://www.tripadvisor.com/Location...er_Oregon.html You have to go to the coast for that here but it's only an hour or so. I am not a surfer though. Not that I'm a wind surfer, but I have ridden to summer ski. My wife drove because I don't have a gnarly rack that will carry my skis -- also made in Portland. https://shop.on3pskis.com/ That's a link to a black Friday sale. It's Tuesday already ... This reminds me why I live in a city -- which does suck in many respects, particularly with all the rain in Portland. But I like the fact that I can ride, drive, bus, walk, train to the shop where my skis were made and talk to the guys who made them. It's right up there with petting a horse on the nose. Nah. No way. Right here in town on the singletrack I can also pet alpacas, llamas and others. Sports equipment I can buy online. ... I can walk to the grocery store from my house; ride with my neighbor buddy, go to a restaurant that doesn't suck -- see a movie not on my television. We've got that except the movie theater which would be in Placerville and can be reached via singletrack. Last time I saw a movie there was .... heck, I don't even remember. A big city like NYC would be too much. I have to be close to a rural area, but I could not imagine living in Toadsuck, drinking bad coffee at the Toadsuck Cafe and waiting for my shift cables to come via UPS so I can go out for a ride through the god-forsaken, tree-less desert by myself. We are simply different in that respect. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ |
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On 2017-11-27 16:43, John B. wrote:
On Mon, 27 Nov 2017 09:38:07 -0800, Joerg wrote: On 2017-11-26 16:08, John B. wrote: On Sun, 26 Nov 2017 08:07:27 -0800, Joerg wrote: On 2017-11-26 07:18, AMuzi wrote: On 11/25/2017 3:05 PM, Joerg wrote: On 2017-11-25 12:51, wrote: On Saturday, November 25, 2017 at 1:48:06 PM UTC-7, wrote: the foil joke may prevent you from arranging with/into your environment try this ... if foil was a component then why not .... ? J this is an older German architectural/psych concept: terracotta buildings are healthier than steel reinforced concrete ...a much larger off the ground scale I cannot locate current info on the net Steel re-enforced in most cases means some big residential highrise in a congested area. No wonder that those people are or feel less healthy. I have never understood the desire of city folk to cram together like sardines in a can. Try an intro Anthropology book some time. Before The Inter Webs, close proximity promoted exchange of ideas and specialization of effort. Still does to some extent. It does, though specialization is not always a good thing. It results, for example, in people who can't even fix a flat. Their tool of fixing just about anything is the yellow pages. As for health, dense living results in lot of civilization diseases, higher stress levels and nowadays lung diseases because of pollution. Probably also more cancer. Just about every time I reach the top of the last hill to ride into the Sacramento Valley I see that brownish smog line and I am thankful not to have to live down there. Other times I can literally smell it. I'm not so sure about the higher stress levels. I grew in a rural village in New England and have lived in cities like Miami Fl, Tokyo, Japan, Jakarta Indonesia and Bangkok Thailand and to be frank I have never felt any stress from living in cities. Such stress is often subconscious and not openly felt but it's there. Honking, screeching tires, hustle and bustle, police sirens, general traffic noise in the city ... versus tranquility, bird chirping, gentle leaf rustling, rooster crowing in the country. It has been studied scientifically many times. Quite obviously you have never really lived in the country. Honking, screeching, indeed. What you have in the country is roosters that get up before daylight to proclaim their rights to the big manure pile that they claim as their fief. The cows bellowing to be milked... Good Lord, the pressures! If you do go to town you have the be careful to be back for milking time. No sleeping in on weekends the cows got to be milked and the chickens fed and the eggs gathered. ... All very regular patterns, unlike much of the stuff going in cities. ... No two weeks vacation either, you got to get the plowing done and the garden in or there won't be anything to eat next winter. Hint: Agricultural things have progressed quite well since you were a kid. Nowadays they have GPS controlled combines which can be operated by staff and not only the owner of the farm. And sure studies are made of the pressures of city life... All you need to do is write up a good proposal and get the grant and away you go. A government funded study. We get them over here. Every few years you see an article in the Bangkok newspaper about someone that got yet another grant to study "Prostitution in Thailand". So ignoring the fact that prostitution have been studied innumerable times in the past some bloke gets a grant to study them once again. Having lived in the country and in the city, I don't need studies. I know and made my choices accordingly. Interestingly my wife who grew up in a huge city sees it the same way. She would never move back there. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ |
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