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Some years ago Main Street was declared dead, but those doomsayers need to visit New Jersey. From north to south, in all the 21 counties, Main Street is flourishing. I've visited Main Streets in 178 cities, in 14 countries, and counting. What I learned is that WE and Main Street are intertwined and interdependent. Our lives are linked in an infinite number of ways.
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- Mindy Thompson Fullilove
- I am a social psychiatrist. This field of psychiatry is interested in the ways in which social life affects mental health. I am the Helen and Robert Fullilove Professor of Community Health at the University of Orange and a professor emeritus at The New School. My work focuses on cities. I have spent a lot of time traveling in France with Michel Cantal-Dupart, a famous urbanist. I have written several books, including Root Shock: How Tearing Up City Neighborhoods Hurts America and What We Can Do About It and Urban Alchemy: Restoring Joy in America's Sorted-Out Cities. The third book in the urban restoration trilogy, Main Street, was published in October 2020. During the Covid pandemic, I became a devoted fan of K-drama and started a book, The Tao of K-drama.
Goal: Use what I learned about Main Street to face the problems of now
When I started this blog, my goal was to visit 100 Main Streets. I surpassed my original goal, visiting Main Streets in 178 cities in 14 countries. Based on what I'd learned, I published a book, "Main Street: How a City' Heart Connects Us All." Following the advice of environmental psychologist Hirofumi Minami, I carried out a "psychoanalysis of the city." The big take-home message: when we look at the Main Streets singly, we miss the point. We have to look at the "tangle" of Main Streets that make up a city or a region -- that's when it gets real. This insight has helped me think about the crises of now, like Covid and climate change, and find sources of wisdom, like K-drama.
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Is there a Subway on Every Main Street?
Not subway, but Subway, the sandwich shop. Quick answer: no. Better answer: even a one-block Main Street seems to sell stamps and sandwiches!
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