This article from the Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jun/25/dystopia-or-utopia-the-future-of-cities-could-go-either-way
It produced this:
Is the Covid-19 pandemic a death blow to our cities, a stake driven through the heart of our ideal of dense, communal urban living?
I don't think I have ever seen anyone explicitly state that their "personal" ideal is one of dense, communal urban living. I always assumed it was more of something that one tolerated when forced.
Dense. How dense is dense?
"July 4 reopening 'not viable' for some pubs and restaurants
Even at one metre, social distancing poses problems for hospitality sector, the industry warns
...We’ve gone down from about 400 to about 60 [capacity] - so that’s a loss-making venture for us.”
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/06/26/july-4-reopening-not-viable-pubs-restaurants/
1 m separation - Arms length dressing. Standard dressing in three ranks. 60 people on parade.
400 people on parade in the same space? Shoulder dressing and crotch to butt. Where one person stood 9 people now stand.
Little wonder I stopped going to clubs and pubs very early in my life if that is what is required - and why I was never a fan of the football terraces.
I reckon there are a lot of people with an appetite for that life. I reckon there are a lot of others who see that as a particular type of hell.
I figure that if you can't make a profit unless you jam a battalion into a class room, when your customers are paying ridiculous prices for the privilege of entering your space and buying your overpriced beer, then your rent might be too high. Your landlord is charging too much. And you will be inclined to ask for a rent reduction or reconsider your grift and relocate while finding a new way to put bread on the table.
"The old Victorian prejudice that urban density is a hive of disease and immorality will reign once again." I congratulate the Graudianista for recognizing that there was life before they were born but I might suggest that the "prejudice" was born long before the Victorians. People have been abandoning plague ridden cities for millenia.
And still the nomads survive.
:cheers: