Comments on: Unorthodox City Development http://chrisgammell.com/2009/09/21/city-development/ Analog electronics and everything else between 1 and 0 Tue, 15 May 2012 20:56:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Cherish http://chrisgammell.com/2009/09/21/city-development/comment-page-1/#comment-1183 Cherish Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:30:10 +0000 http://chrisgammell.com/?p=1456#comment-1183 I find this rather interesting based on my experience is rural ND. Many of the people there farm or have some sort of job which supports the farming endeavor. On the other hand, you have a whole lot of artists out there. Most of them are women engaging in what used to be considered "homecrafts". Now it's cheaper to buy a sweater or blanket at Target or Walmart. The women who make hand stiched blankets (as an example) do so for a fairly high price for people who want "heirloom quality" gifts. (Of course, the fairly high price is actually less than minimum wage when you take into account the time to physically make these items.) Most of the people who buy these things aren't rich, though, and you don't have the corporate jobs or mindset that often inhabit a large city. The other thing I think is funny is that historically in the US and currently in many other cultures, certain arts were considered a necessity (weaving, for example) while others (like dance) were usually considered entertainment or associated with religious tradition. So if you look at this historically, it almost seems like the corporate jobs are actually the ones that may not be necessary. Of course, now we consider them to be necessary because most of us want to maintain a different standard of living than these previous communities used to provide. I know that was a lot of rambling... :-) I find this rather interesting based on my experience is rural ND. Many of the people there farm or have some sort of job which supports the farming endeavor. On the other hand, you have a whole lot of artists out there. Most of them are women engaging in what used to be considered "homecrafts". Now it's cheaper to buy a sweater or blanket at Target or Walmart. The women who make hand stiched blankets (as an example) do so for a fairly high price for people who want "heirloom quality" gifts. (Of course, the fairly high price is actually less than minimum wage when you take into account the time to physically make these items.) Most of the people who buy these things aren't rich, though, and you don't have the corporate jobs or mindset that often inhabit a large city.

The other thing I think is funny is that historically in the US and currently in many other cultures, certain arts were considered a necessity (weaving, for example) while others (like dance) were usually considered entertainment or associated with religious tradition.

So if you look at this historically, it almost seems like the corporate jobs are actually the ones that may not be necessary. Of course, now we consider them to be necessary because most of us want to maintain a different standard of living than these previous communities used to provide.

I know that was a lot of rambling... :-)

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