tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25646979.post1326567119276265520..comments2024-01-01T15:35:12.954-07:00Comments on Simple Utah Mormon Politics: The Boring and Dangerous Homogenization of CultureFrank Stahelihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01822334061980912687noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25646979.post-57333370213776615912008-12-15T12:39:00.000-07:002008-12-15T12:39:00.000-07:00Euclidian zoning laws do play a role, and I suppor...Euclidian zoning laws do play a role, and I support modifying those laws to permit more mixed-use utilization. That does not change the fact that there are legitimate reasons to limit people's use of supposedly private property, because their property is not truly private. If someone decides to open a factory next to your house, it is going to have an impact on your life and your property. Because we do not live in hermetic bubbles, the the freedom to use one's private property cannot be absolute.<BR/><BR/>The enormous and pervasive influence of the corporate world is the greatest reason for the homogenization of our communities--both the bland homogenization of the elite communities, and the dangerous homogenization of the poor communities.derekstaffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834500613514245522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25646979.post-1556922309373982022008-12-15T12:24:00.000-07:002008-12-15T12:24:00.000-07:00Jesse,That's an interesting perspective on Quebec ...Jesse,<BR/><BR/>That's an interesting perspective on Quebec that I never understood before. <BR/><BR/>Derek,<BR/><BR/>One of the main reasons that communities are so much the same is because of zoning laws. It used to drive me nuts as a member of the Santaquin, Utah City Council when other members of the council thought it was so important to limit people's rights to use their property--with the exact result that you describe.<BR/><BR/>Anon,<BR/><BR/>Exactly. I wish enough people cared. Actually, I wish enough people even knew about this.Frank Stahelihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01822334061980912687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25646979.post-41488709901276491642008-12-15T11:41:00.000-07:002008-12-15T11:41:00.000-07:00Frank whatever you are describing is the reality. ...Frank whatever you are describing is the reality. It is actually Rockefellerism in action.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25646979.post-57398879074038335882008-12-13T16:53:00.000-07:002008-12-13T16:53:00.000-07:00Terrific statement, Frank. I might challenge the n...Terrific statement, Frank. I might challenge the notion that the U.S. ever really embraced heterogeneity the way you suggest, but that’s just quibbling. The corporatism is turning our “culture” into a bland, shallow mess. Oh, there is some superficial flair, but little of any real value.<BR/><BR/>I hate how every community in the US looks identical. At least all which have been built or experienced a dramatic makeover in the past fifty years: Suburbs, stripmalls, and chain stores. Really, is there a single difference between any of the communities sprawled out along the Wasatch Front? For that matter, any difference between them and any ‘burb in Arizona, Southern California, Nevada, etc? Bland, boring, bastardized. Plenty of movement, plenty of cars moving hither and yon, plenty of money exchanging hands, but oh so very little vitality, so very little <EM>life</EM>. And that is really all we offer anymore to the rest of the developing world. Assimilation.derekstaffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834500613514245522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25646979.post-34477436508596103042008-12-13T12:57:00.000-07:002008-12-13T12:57:00.000-07:00Whenever I'm traveling, I refuse to eat at chain r...Whenever I'm traveling, I refuse to eat at chain restaurants. I can get Applebee's anywhere, but sampling something like, say, Moishe's in Montreal is something I can't do anywhere else. Those local institutions are a part of what makes each place unique and I like keeping my dollars in the place that I visit.<BR/><BR/>After having visited Quebec, I can understand why there's been such a strong secession movement. Homogenization is creeping in and locals feel like it's killing the culture. I can't say whether that's true or not, but I can certainly understand the sentiment.Jesse Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468928702710912142noreply@blogger.com