Welcome to CityRegionNationWorld!

Hello, friends, family and other residents of cities, regions, nations and worlds. Welcome to the first blog post of CityRegionNationWorld, a forum dedicated to thoughts on urban and regional planning, transportation, land use, economic development, architecture, urban design, the environment, and other tangentially related topics, including, occasionally, politics. And if I'm hungry, maybe food.

Prior to this post, I've enjoyed sharing my thoughts and fostering discussions about these issues through Facebook "notes", and by commenting on other blogs. I will continue to do both, while using this blog to reach a potentially wider audience.

I chose the name CityRegionNationWorld not just because cool words like Planosaurus and Urbivore were already taken, but also because we are all residents of each of these four geographic constructs. Even if you live on a distant, pastoral farm, you still have a town listed on your mailing address (even if the USPS shuts down your post office). You most definitely live in a region. The Corn Belt, perhaps. Or maybe the Pine Barrens. Or the Willamette Valley. We reside in, are originally from, or identify ourselves by a nation (sometimes multiple nations for more interesting folks). And until we build Biosphere 3 on the Moon or Mars, all 7 billion of us are stuck on this beautiful blue planet with all its wonders and problems. The cities, regions and nations of our world are increasingly interconnected through technology and trade. I hope that we can learn from one another, especially in how we accommodate, feed and provide economic opportunity for an ever-ballooning population.

You may have already read my next post, on transit travel times. But I spent a darned lot of time on it, so I'm sharing it again! Beyond that, I look forward to sharing more thoughts and observations, and more importantly, getting yours. Enjoy!