Flaneuring cities in non-fancy, non-touristic streets, getting the neighborhood spirit Σ' αυτή τη γειτονιά:
Naples (#1 by far)
Beirut
Athens
Istanbul
Palermo
Belgrade
Bucharest
Non Med, non-post-Ottoman cities ("North Atlantic") are too self-conscious abt hanging laundry...
Naples (#1 by far)
Beirut
Athens
Istanbul
Palermo
Belgrade
Bucharest
Non Med, non-post-Ottoman cities ("North Atlantic") are too self-conscious abt hanging laundry...
https://twitter.com/nntaleb/status/1421226616869593093
2) Perhaps my best flaneuring was with @sez_dss in Tripoli when #ISIS was still present in some neighborhoods where stores sold #ISIS flags.
3) ODORS
In Patrick Süskind's Perfume, the wet nurse returns an orphan, repulsed at his lack of smell.
You get the same w/cities of the North, or those with large avenues, as if there was a truncation into lower dimensions.
Did Jane Jacobs discuss the odor of neighborhoods?
In Patrick Süskind's Perfume, the wet nurse returns an orphan, repulsed at his lack of smell.
You get the same w/cities of the North, or those with large avenues, as if there was a truncation into lower dimensions.
Did Jane Jacobs discuss the odor of neighborhoods?
4) Flaneuring is an all day thingy, not just a 4PM aerobic walk for an hour while listening to a science podcast. The route MUST be unpredicted.
I once dragged the unsuspecting @stevenstrogatz on an 9 hour flaneuring episode in Manhattan. He has refused to talk to me since.
I once dragged the unsuspecting @stevenstrogatz on an 9 hour flaneuring episode in Manhattan. He has refused to talk to me since.
5) The only nonrandom aspect of the walk with @stevenstrogatz was the Brownian Bridge of squid ink restaurants in Manhattan.
https://twitter.com/stevenstrogatz/status/1421518214819942402?s=20
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