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The Great Good Place: Cafes, Coffee Shops, Community Centres, Beauty Parlours, General Stores, Bars, Hangouts and How They Get You Through the Day
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1807786 in Books
- Published on: 1997-08
- Original language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- 336 pages
Editorial Reviews
Synopsis
Describes informal meeting places around the world, looks at how each reflects its culture, and argues that suburbs are leading to their decline.
Customer Reviews
It gets repetitive.
I had a hard time finishing this book. It has one good point: suburbs, by design, destroy the cohesion of communities. The author repeats this point (in my opinion) ad naseum throughout the book. He also idealizes community meeting places (the tavern, the drug store, main street) from the past. Nonetheless, I still think that we should all read this book. It gives at least a few hints about why we never see some of the people who live only two doors down form us. His solutions also might help us break down the isolation and anonymity of the 'burbs.
