Comments on: Observations from the first week in Argentina

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 07:40:57 +0000

I miss grids- Tallahassee seems to be more on the stupid suburban sprawl/windy European road “plan” than a grid (a la Chicago).

At first, I thought by “the world’s most annoying financial crisis” you were just generally referring to the economic crisis in general- which everyone interested in politics seems to have “The Answer” for (especially if they don’t like Obama- but even those who do).

The “z-sh” sound is even weirder than the Spanish lisp, oh well people trash me for blunting “a”‘s (this is a product of the “Chicago accent” apparently), so to each his own.

~Steve

By: Danny

Danny — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:02:03 +0000

don’t forget to visit the sunday antiques market in san telmo!

By: Brian Mc

Brian Mc — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:34:15 +0000

It’s amazing the way people react very differently to different cities, at an immediate, visceral level. You’d think judgment would be reserved while the new place is explored. *** Your partiality for N-S, E-W street grid systems is humorous and probably betrays your roots. I agree with you though: a cardinal point grid is more rational and easier to learn quickly. (It’s the same aerial overlay each time). Angling, kinked, and interrupted streets always seem like third-rate planning. *** Is BA as sprawling and decentralized as LA? Is the feel the same?