My good friend C, soon-to-be journalist and personal social media advisor, told me to include cats and ice cream to take this blog to the next level, and I will. But I'll start by introducing the base material, fascinating enough on its own feet: Songdo, a city which my family and friends either imagine as a robot-controlled
dystopia, a Dubai floating resort full of smiling peoples, or more often, the capitalist version of a gold rush town.
This is a bit of a background on what qualified thinkers about cities have thought about Songdo, partially confirming the visions my grandma and her sister already had:
No one likes a city that's too smart
South Korea's aerotropolis blueprint is no flight of fancy
and especially this one, An urbanist's tour of South Korea, day 3
Yet there is certainly an unmet demand for the opinions of unqualified thinkers as myself - in a way, I´ll be the blogger equivalent of those adventuring families that moved when there was nothing, and already managed to set up cafés, chimaek joints, and real estate shops (of which the latter must be very profitable, seeing as how they sprout in higher density than bakeries in Catalunya)
It is a country of brave people indeed... Maybe life actually takes root here, despite attempts to confine it in a garden and achieve a perfect, rational comfort. Maybe even I take root - although there are too many places to explore in this nice autumn weather.
Well... welcome to Songdo!
G-Tower, the big Songdo landmark at the head of Central Park (more on it soon)
This is a bit of a background on what qualified thinkers about cities have thought about Songdo, partially confirming the visions my grandma and her sister already had:
No one likes a city that's too smart
South Korea's aerotropolis blueprint is no flight of fancy
and especially this one, An urbanist's tour of South Korea, day 3
Yet there is certainly an unmet demand for the opinions of unqualified thinkers as myself - in a way, I´ll be the blogger equivalent of those adventuring families that moved when there was nothing, and already managed to set up cafés, chimaek joints, and real estate shops (of which the latter must be very profitable, seeing as how they sprout in higher density than bakeries in Catalunya)
It is a country of brave people indeed... Maybe life actually takes root here, despite attempts to confine it in a garden and achieve a perfect, rational comfort. Maybe even I take root - although there are too many places to explore in this nice autumn weather.
Well... welcome to Songdo!
