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Subculture Boundary

Opening context: Mosaic of Subcultures, Community of 7000, Identifiable Neighborhood

Conflict

The mosaic of subcultures requires that hundreds of different cultures live, in their own way, at full intensity next door to one another. But subcultures have their own ecology. They can only live at full intensity, unhampered by their neighbors, if they are physically separated by physical boundaries.

Resolution

Separate neighboring subcultures with a with of land at least 200 feet wide. Let this boundary be natural — wilderness, farmland, water — or man-named — railroads, major roads, parks, schools, some housing. Along the seam between two subcultures, build meeting places, shared functions, touching each community.

Closing context:
The Countryside, Quiet Backs, Ring Roads, Industrial Ribbon, Pools and Streams