During a round trip of 3 weeks and 4000 km, we could spot only three children walking out alone in the streets of North America (walking - not playing or socializing).
"The White House asked last year to borrow Van Gogh’s Landscape With Snow (1888) from the Guggenheim’s permanent collection, to hang in the president’s private quarters. Nancy Spector, the museum’s chief curator, politely declined. But she offered ****** and ******* an alternative: Maurizio Cattelan’s interactive work America, which had recently come off public view at the Guggenheim, and was available for a long-term loan. “It is a solid, 18k gold toilet that was installed in one of our public restrooms for all to use in a wonderful act of generosity"." (text stolen from here)
The day most shops are turned into showrooms we will regret it deeply. So, stop digging after the "cheapest" prices on your mobile....or don't complain in a few years` time.
"Penniless Oklahomans camped along highway. Came seven months ago. Can't make it. Want to go back. Ate up our car. Ate up our tent. Living like hogs. California 1936". In Library of Congress
In the beginning of the eighties nightlife was about to change. New habits and new customers would change urban conditions radically - for the better ?