Ryan Rusbuldt-Landscapes-3

Lane shows a diagram of space vs. place in chapter 8. The diagram made sense to me because I think that to much space in one place can be very frightening. I am from a very big county in Virgina (Fairfax county). I don't get scared when I'm out in the open or anything, it is just the fact that there is so much space in one place. I have lacked the experience of that "small town feeling" because where I come from doubles the population of Alaska, OUR BIGGEST STATE! It is kind of annoying when people think they know much about you because of one acquittance. I wish I would be able to know what it would be like to have that small town feeling, the closest I ever got to that was in upstate New York in a small town called Penn Yan. My grandparents, aunt and cousins live up there and is always fun to go up and see them. I thought this chapter was pretty interesting because Lane shows both the pro's and con's of living the life as a normal human, and I feel he shows us what it is like to be a balanced person in today's world.