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*What’s disappearing isn’t usefulness—it’s centralized purpose*
Farley | Hard Fork Anthems's avatar Farley | Hard Fork Anthems
Living space doesn’t need to be created nearly as much as it needs to be released. When you line it up: churches with declining attendance downtown corporate towers built for 5-day commutes that no longer exist bank branches designed for a world of paper, lines, and tellers …that’s an enormous amount of high-quality, already-built shelter just waiting for a new story. Those buildings already have: infrastructure utilities locations people actually want structural longevity What’s disappearing isn’t usefulness—it’s centralized purpose.
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unfortunately, probably a lot of that infrastructure is going to end up droned until it's no better than run down rural houses in a second world country, with drafts through it that make winter habitation difficult. i'm picturing people smashing holes in walls to put chimmneys in to keep them warm, and stuffing garbage in the cracks. like how i've been doing things in my current place of residence. yeah, 20th century cities are rapidly becoming obsolete. riots and running battles will finish the rest.