How the ‘Economy’ changes everything about the world. This is Nordlingen in southern German. About 1100 years…

How the ‘Economy’ changes everything about the world. This is Nordlingen in southern German. About 1100 years old. Urban patterns reflect social patterns. Notice the clear geometric organisation of the town, centred on the church. A very common historical pattern, beliefs…/1 https://t.co/8ZhdkZthlO

…shape society, which then shapes space. A town united under God, if you like. Only the church steeple reaches skyward. Now Wagga Wagga (chosen because Gladys is in the dock today). Like most modern towns, no real geometric pattern at all. Sprawl. Transport does this,…/2 https://t.co/i5dDjcW7Xm

…it makes every point in town equivalent to every other. You can drive anywhere you want to go. There is no real community here, the space reflects no sense of a collective anything. Each town a parking lot for the Economy. /end