Countdown to Main Street: Sonkers

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Monday, April 2, 2018

What makes a place? Redux.

I still don't think we know what a sonker is, but you can eat one in Barney's Cafe on Main Street in Mount Airy, North Carolina. Yum. Watch this video, to learn what makes a place.

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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Monday, April 2, 2018

What makes a place? Redux.

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