Post by BrianSullivan on Apr 9, 2010 19:43:46 GMT -5
I found the following blog with a mention of "The Boss." I will just cut and paste that portion, but the rest is an interesting read.
joe-urban.com/archive/great-neighborhoods-part-1/
........This makes me think of a Bruce Springsteen interview in 2005 with Terry Gross on NPR’s Fresh Air. She notes that he now lives in a rural setting, with acreage and few immediate neighbors. He says she’s right, there’s no sidewalks. She asks if he misses sidewalks, and he proceeds to explain that, growing up in Freehold Borough, New Jersey, his extended family occupied six or seven homes on the same block as the church and school. “The street was filled with a lot of life,” he said. Sounds like a great neighborhood.
Springsteen goes on to describe that upon returning to “My Hometown” it is not what it used to be. “Where are all the kids on the street? Where are all the people on their porches? American society has changed dramatically since I lived on my little street,” he says. “And so it goes.”
Or does it? Certainly Mr. Springsteen is right. America has changed and neighborhoods just aren’t what they used to be. But there are still great neighborhoods, even though America has changed. What makes them great and how do we improve the rest?
joe-urban.com/archive/great-neighborhoods-part-1/
........This makes me think of a Bruce Springsteen interview in 2005 with Terry Gross on NPR’s Fresh Air. She notes that he now lives in a rural setting, with acreage and few immediate neighbors. He says she’s right, there’s no sidewalks. She asks if he misses sidewalks, and he proceeds to explain that, growing up in Freehold Borough, New Jersey, his extended family occupied six or seven homes on the same block as the church and school. “The street was filled with a lot of life,” he said. Sounds like a great neighborhood.
Springsteen goes on to describe that upon returning to “My Hometown” it is not what it used to be. “Where are all the kids on the street? Where are all the people on their porches? American society has changed dramatically since I lived on my little street,” he says. “And so it goes.”
Or does it? Certainly Mr. Springsteen is right. America has changed and neighborhoods just aren’t what they used to be. But there are still great neighborhoods, even though America has changed. What makes them great and how do we improve the rest?
