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Though given the conference-generated circles Rojas was revolving in within Toronto, I wouldn't be surprised if he was made aware of the whole 54east-esque revisionist spin on the strip-plaza 'burbs. So, I wouldn't dis him for excessive downtowncentricity--upon closer examination, the pattern applies even where it apparently doesn't apply.
I think the "god bless this mess" point here may run deeper than raw urban form; it's a joy and purposefulness, and the absence of that raw mass of anomie and alienation that renders so much of urban AmeriKKKa in a constant perceived state of civil war. It isn't like when you cross the Rainbow or Lewiston-Queenston and encounter a bunch of Timothy McVeigh clones...
I think the "god bless this mess" point here may run deeper than raw urban form; it's a joy and purposefulness, and the absence of that raw mass of anomie and alienation that renders so much of urban AmeriKKKa in a constant perceived state of civil war. It isn't like when you cross the Rainbow or Lewiston-Queenston and encounter a bunch of Timothy McVeigh clones...