Samuel

“Living in a dense environment means a less stressful and time-consuming commute to work without the aid of a car. It's about a greater sense of community and partnership that naturally develops when you walk through a place and casually collide with neighbors. It's about feeling a sense of attachment to stores and bars and restaurants and their owners and employees. Frequently I will stop in to say a hello at a restaurant or store even if I'm not shopping or eating. It's about using a compact life to reduce environmental impact. For me, it boils down to this: a place you walk through is a place you know and love.”
― Philip Langdon, Within Walking Distance: Creating Livable Communities for All

“What's the point of anything like this?" Aunt Sofia says. "You date. You enjoy each other's company. You have fun. Maybe you make out a little."
"Sofe!" Uncle Jake says, leaning back from the window to glare at her.
"Well," she says with a smile, but then her face rearranges itself to something more serious. "All I'm saying is that it doesn't have to be complicated. This is supposed to be the fun part, you know? So go have fun.”
― Jennifer E. Smith

“As Ray states in The Great Good Place, the nature of a third place is one in which the presence of a "regular" is always welcome, although never required. Membership is a simple, fluid process of frequent social contact, renewed each time by choice of the people involved. Eventually, social bonds develop through a type of informal intimacy. The important aspect of these relationships is that they occur outside of any commitment and exist solely in the realm of basic human respect. I ascribe huge importance to this one point because it is this one valuable kernel that is slipping away from our isolated modern world. I think that we all miss its presence and this affects us all in very slight, painful ways.”
― Ray Oldenburg, Celebrating the Third Place: Inspiring Stories About the "Great Good Places" at the Heart of Our Communities

“A walkable community has to have useful things for people to walk to.”
― Philip Langdon, Within Walking Distance: Creating Livable Communities for All