The power of locality

No matter how much I may argue in favour of the flow, international urban areas, long distance commmuting..., the place remains strongest. Being close to an area doesn't make you live there. On a global scale approach you are there. Access to the city's highlights are easy. a concert, show, restaurant, stroll in the park, museum, bar are just a short plane ride away. But you miss out on the micro level, without doubt, what constitutes the flavour of the place. What happens on a normal, uneventful day? You miss out on the peasure of walking up and down the same street every day, witnessing the changes, dropping by the same bar, grocery store, video store day after day and living in a local space of flows. Your neighbourhood becomes your city -and you leave out on all the global extravaganza ie. the stuff you would do if you were just a short plane ride away. Geography is stronger than ever and you can truly be at one place at a time only.

No matter how much I may argue in favor of the flow, international urban areas, long distance commmuting..., I am leaving London for Paris and that makes all the difference.