Clive Thompson on Nostr: The suburbs considered as ... ... the Backrooms: ...
The suburbs considered as ...
... the Backrooms: https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2022/1/13/american-suburbs-are-a-horror-movie-and-were-the-protagonists
A terrific essay in which the author -- who lives in the Austin suburbs -- considers why she feels creeped-out and uncertain when walking through her suburb at night to a grocery store a few miles away ...
... and realizes it's because it feels precisely like one of the "liminal spaces" people share online
... the Backrooms: https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2022/1/13/american-suburbs-are-a-horror-movie-and-were-the-protagonists
A terrific essay in which the author -- who lives in the Austin suburbs -- considers why she feels creeped-out and uncertain when walking through her suburb at night to a grocery store a few miles away ...
... and realizes it's because it feels precisely like one of the "liminal spaces" people share online