It's something so normal to us who live here (I live here since the day I was born) that we don't notice the difference. Just people who travel or live with people from other places notice the blatant differences around us.
Wow, I've never heard of a city like this. And you're right, I didn't know Brasilia was the capital of Brazil (shame on me!)... This is completely fascinating.
I do believe that cities have an energy, an atmosphere, that shape the people who live in it. I grew up in Thessaloniki, Greece, where things are very laid back and the layout of the city (build on a hill next to the coastline) just encourages the descent to the sea, the slow pace that comes with the water and the warm weather... Very different to London, where everything is just built on such a HUGE SCALE that you either feel like you're being swallowed whole or pushed forward and made to run. It isn't bad, it's just different... and the cities themselves very much make the rhythm of life different.
I can't imagine a city with no streets or corners though! or a place where people don't talk to each other! How peculiar.
Oh hi, thank you for reading! I always get a tad shocked over people reading what I have to say XD
Brasilia is weird like that, it's a strange city, very beautiful, but very lonely. And Greece!!! I've always wanted to go there!!! And also London - that one I think I might be able to go at the end of the year, who knows...
oh I know, I myself live in Taguatinga, it is COMPLETELY different. But most of my friends do live in Brasilia and that city is just weird, when we talk about the people living there, that is.
I am not a socialist. I studied Marx and his ideals and I saw some flaws in his arguments.
There are many people who live in Brasilia, most of them aren't politicians. And their flaws are on interpersonal relationships, I think, because of the way the city was created, yes, but I believe it's more a matter of space and energy than anything else.
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Thanks for sharing it, Rachel! :}
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I do believe that cities have an energy, an atmosphere, that shape the people who live in it. I grew up in Thessaloniki, Greece, where things are very laid back and the layout of the city (build on a hill next to the coastline) just encourages the descent to the sea, the slow pace that comes with the water and the warm weather... Very different to London, where everything is just built on such a HUGE SCALE that you either feel like you're being swallowed whole or pushed forward and made to run. It isn't bad, it's just different... and the cities themselves very much make the rhythm of life different.
I can't imagine a city with no streets or corners though! or a place where people don't talk to each other! How peculiar.
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Brasilia is weird like that, it's a strange city, very beautiful, but very lonely. And Greece!!! I've always wanted to go there!!! And also London - that one I think I might be able to go at the end of the year, who knows...
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I am not a socialist. I studied Marx and his ideals and I saw some flaws in his arguments.
There are many people who live in Brasilia, most of them aren't politicians. And their flaws are on interpersonal relationships, I think, because of the way the city was created, yes, but I believe it's more a matter of space and energy than anything else.
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