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- Geography of film and TV production hubs in the USA/Canada
- North America’s tallest bridge towers and pylons (Las torres y pilones de puentes más altos de América del Norte)
- Cities/suburbs should replan street networks for low-speed electric vehicles
- Celebrity bridges of the United States in pop culture
- Cricket grounds with the largest capacity in South Asia
- Cities most often destroyed in movies – both real and imagined
- Skyscrapers of 100 stories or more above ground
- Three superb and fresh reads about Los Angeles
- Finding “Los Angeles” amid the aura of “LA”
- Humorous nicknames for complicated freeway interchanges
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Tag Archives: consumerism
The sale of the century!
I stopped at a certain nationally known discount department whose logo looks remarkably like a red bullseye this evening to buy a top-off card for my Virgin Mobile smart phone account. When I got there, I simply could not believe … Continue reading
Posted in consumerism, economics, general, satire
Tagged consumerism, funny, retailing, sales, sarcasm, satire, smart phones
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Hey Apple….think different and put a store here?
I am not certain how each retailer chooses where locate a store, but I am sure there are many similarities and a few company-specific differences. What I cannot figure out, is how a metropolitan region with more than 500,000 residents, … Continue reading
Posted in Cities, Communications, consumerism, economics, Economy, education, entertainment, fun, internet, technology
Tagged Apple, Apple Computer, consumerism, consumption, marketing. business, retailers, store locations, stores
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Rejecting rigid conformity of the mass market
I don’t know about you, but personally, I have had quite enough with many of the mass-market’s rigid conformity requirements. Do this – do that, wear this – wear that, believe this – believe that, watch this – watch that, … Continue reading
Posted in censorship, civics, civility, consumerism, diversity, education, politics, Uncategorized
Tagged anti-consumption, consumerism, mass market, politics
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A credit card’s definition of “some”
Got a letter in the mail on Friday from one of my credit card issuers. The letter said that they have made “some” changes to the cardholder agreement. Six pages later, I was done reading the changes. Are they kidding? … Continue reading
People are not commodities
Below is a link to an excellent article on the parallels between ageism and consumerism from The Huffington Post. what-is-a-human-worth-age_b_798894.html
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