Living Car Free - Orion Article (Nature/Culture/Place), Utopia on Bikes.....

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Niles H.
02-14-08, 11:46 AM
http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/discuss/505/P8/
Some interesting points came up in the discussion.
The article is here:
http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/505/
Artkansas
02-14-08, 03:23 PM
Interesting article. As is often the case, visionaries can be hard to live with.
I'm surprised that he couldn't find Utopia in Texas though. It's just to the west of San Antonio (http://www.mapquest.com/directions/main.adp?mo=ma&2si=gaz_us&1gi=0&un=m&go=1&2gi=0&1c=Austin&1g=L6YcQg%252bt5wfEUXM0jJ8j6w%253d%253d&1l=Dtb9BIiWgq4%252f449rUcqIQA%253d%253d&2c=Utopia&1da=-1.000000&1rc=A5XAX&cl=EN&1n=Travis+County&2g=nOF7c6hE%252bEAiCZGxdoSAuw%253d%253d&qq=1ADqpk24ofCuAl98A4pqQclrzjB6N98Ocj4QdIUi%252bMnIlNUTe7B75y6jzfKZlO7kF7jcmCOQ6W4PnuGnIdUvqZR0iExhW IYRxJV1%252bO5WyZc%253d&1s=TX&2l=Yh%252bfZRiT%252bQGV%252fCso74emvg%253d%253d&ct=NA&1v=CITY&2n=Uvalde+County&1y=US&1si=gaz_us&2s=TX&2da=-1.000000&2rc=A5XAX&2v=CITY&did=1203024351&2y=US&rsres=1&do=nw&r=f&aoh=1)
Interesting article. As is often the case, visionaries can be hard to live with.
I'm surprised that he couldn't find Utopia in Texas though. It's just to the west of San Antonio.
That's wierd. I thought it was here (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=crawford,+tx&ie=UTF8&z=14&iwloc=addr).
Artkansas
02-14-08, 03:52 PM
That's wierd. I thought it was here (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=crawford,+tx&ie=UTF8&z=14&iwloc=addr).
Nah, Utopia is filled with my family, not Bush's. :D
Here in Michigan we have Paradise and Eden. Also Hell. (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=hell,+mi&ie=UTF8&ll=42.434812,-83.985822&spn=0.008995,0.018239&z=16&iwloc=addr)
Artkansas
02-14-08, 04:20 PM
Here in Michigan we have Paradise and Eden. Also Hell. (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=hell,+mi&ie=UTF8&ll=42.434812,-83.985822&spn=0.008995,0.018239&z=16&iwloc=addr)
LOL.