"...turn your social networks into travel networks." (www.goloco.org)
The more transparent we make our everyday lives the more we are able to actually come together. Since our urban scale prevents us to "gather" and "relate" with neighbors, we have the internet, with the "social networks" that have "virtually" brought people together. Now comes GoLoco, that operates much like a social network, communicating to friends, offices, churches, or the greater public, opportunities to meet up and share expenses.
This becomes even more transparent with new personal devices with GPS, such as the iphone, where one can see at a glance where others are.
It seems while our physical network of community degrades, the virtual one strengthens.
What impact will this have on our cities?
...or are we already seeing it...
they are becoming theme parks, movie sets and un-real spaces....or simply abandoned.
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