More Misc. V-2nd. The profaning of The Street

[David Morris]

On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 5:48 PM,  <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
> There's alienation in the crowds of NYC, but its flip-side is a welcome, relaxing blanket of anonymity, combined with lots of surreptitious, entertaining people-watching.

New Orleans is a much smaller city than Brooklyn, but it's people
aren't anonymous, and people are everywhere you look, even in the hot
humidity of the Summer.  I've lived in cities and suburbs across the
US (Air force brat), but I've never lived in a place so open or been
this close to so many of my neighbors.  New Orleans is the most
neighborhoody place ever, and has a tradition of being on the street,
stoop-sitting, porch-sitting, corner-hanging, dog-walking.

This video, "Stoop Sitting," is real New Orleans:
http://vimeo.com/5526305