Comments on: Democratic Housing in Edinburgh https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/democratic-housing-in-edinburgh/2014/12/19 Researching, documenting and promoting peer to peer practices Fri, 19 Dec 2014 06:51:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.15 By: Øyvind Holmstad https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/democratic-housing-in-edinburgh/2014/12/19/comment-page-1#comment-1011249 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 06:51:34 +0000 http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=47391#comment-1011249 “This is, of course, a rampant nod to commercialism, which, if we did not live in such a commercial era, would be seen for what it is. The life of a community cannot be held hostage, by a person or corporation who seeks to make money and profit from the construction of its streets and buildings. The streets and buildings are part of the neighborhood’s life blood, the city’s life blood, and they must be interwoven with the activities and life of the people themselves. Anything less leads inevitably to drug abuse, crime, teenage violence, anomie, and despair – the very earmarks of modern urbanism.” – Christopher Alexander

It’s really encouraging to see these young people doing something with their situation, rather than surrender to drug abuse, crime, teenage violence, anomie, and despair.

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