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blogger Balance 1 year ....¿ Which city have at last after all?

(Sorry left out long ... warned) I still do not meet the year (January 12), but we changed the digits 007 to 008. On balance post year-end parties, reviewing the experience of this year blogger and venture into urban issues.

One question that often make me Why urban theme? Indeed studied'm not developer or anything, but living in this city chaos, to travel, to keep it full of memories, stories and situations (I do love it and hate it at once) to see it in decline, suffering within it of innumerable problems (which are historical , lack of planning, procrastination and lack of interest), and the emergence of the San José Posible, which looked like a little space to dream, I have been wanting a city better, more humane, more thought, but efficient, livable .
pure Not wanting to pose for a better city for tourists, but because every day that we live, cross, walk, etc, we know that is not quite pleasant at times, not easy to digest. A citizen who likes to share their visions and contradictions to the city in which he played grow and live.
This past year I have been research more than I imagined and think of the urban theme and of course share it with readers more or less interest have followed different themes which have greatly enriched the dialogue. It is also starting to create a space to think urban issues from the collection of issues and stakeholders have options to investigate and find out from this place.

We have seen that the city is a city of passage and that people mostly living in the suburbs, and among other things, this has created a lifestyle (suburbs) which is highly dependent of public and private transport, resulting in large urban disorders road, as well as expansion of the urban to fertile land.

An exaggerated abuse of fuel for private use, and poor public transport. We need better public transportation and attract those who only carry in self down so that daily dams are a hell on earth, and also have turned the city into a unbearable concentration of CO 2. public transport concessions we did not go to anything, so to be 7 years of bad sex ... I mean lousy public transport and more despiche .
need a life more densified in areas with many services, social and cultural life, that by the time it is San Jose (and some neighborhoods that are quite true if populated) but missed with low-rise buildings , and almost exclusively trade and public and private institutions. The repopulation plan San Jose is imposed as a necessity, but for now we have only seen as some towers for high school around the Savannah has emerged as a topic of stocking while many developments and proposals housing are given as an option in remote areas to urban centers. The lower middle classes, middle and intermediate means we need choice in the center that would lower the demand for use of cars and public transport and impose uses alternative transport such as walking, cycling, and trams (which are tail deer)

must change our perceptions of the city, and not to attribute all the evils incurred. Chepe In many sticks very Tuanis , others less, but that if we must learn to see and locate them. (Cultural activities (museums, cultural centers, etc.) Places of Interest, pleasant nooks, parks in the chaos, learn to walk and enjoy . .. multiple and varied services, etc.) At the moment for most is a rather simple step, but after alfin and a place where they inevitably have to spend . So it becomes attractive to think of living there ...

A city is people what happens in it, and the things we share, is a meeting place . The city is for people who live in it, and are the priority so you have to plan on that basis, Lucas recommended a beautiful book about all that, Life between buildings Jan Gehl , famed architect who has visited our country and has a very clear vision and should be planned in cities.

Bars: We went camera in hand and thirst of beer bars, Bar Marinieri , La Chicharronero , Bar Corobicí , Limelight, Bar Bohemia, The Basque Country: From these a final hill (the first) and became the 3rd Corobocí Bar (new administration) ... All this is to recognize the potential of urban night life alternative sites, and very central necessary when you live in center or just when walking around ... We need more and better bars, but proposals for fun night in the middle ... (and there camera in hand was never in the sector of California) ...

Browns: In coffee we gave substantial value to the meeting, to sit and talk, enjoy the evening with good company, so we recognized Several Browns: Q'café , Courier Café, Café Valandro , Café Parini. Many meetings and good times! Also we need more nice places, beautiful and affordable place to take an iodine ...

Sports: The lack of recreation more to sports in the city with ease and alternative times for the whole population. Reflect on the need for this type of space and put some examples such as Plaza Víquez and La Sabana (Homeless sports center is great), still well with some critical and urgent changes.

Construction of Boulevard Av 4 : We gave coverage to the most glaring of the work undertaken by the Municipality in its efforts to improve urban life , seeing how slowly saw changes.

Security in San Jose, although I have not entered the issue thoroughly, we know that a major problem facing the country is the feeling of insecurity and real insecurity, which generates a lot of social stress, strategies for survival , and many jobs and investment and expenses (this has not been analyzed) ... is an issue that affects us in every way .... The tram, train : We've seen over the years many articles promising potential trams and UltraFuture means to improve public transport, but have remained on paper, even well , and more than a year ago commuter rail runs from the Latin to Pavas U, increasing more and more the number of users, and is thinking Mopt to expand the number of times in view of acceptance ... (I have to plan some posts on the subject )....
Parks, sidewalks, streets, public spaces; have thought about public spaces, recognizing them (some posts on parks and little parks , La Sabana , Peace Park National Park Park Morazán, among others) and urgent need of more such spaces. As for the streets, sidewalks and other public places have been damaged as they are and how bad they are in general use everyday people. There is a struggle continuous between narrow streets -cars, narrow sidewalks, number of pedestrians. We have a town car service and not the the pedestrians.

cyclist Topic: We delved a little on the issue of cycling in the city that reflects a marginal use of this by the people, but which uses other means fuel dependent. The bike is more associated with recreation to commuting, and there is a negative view of using this as exemplified interview with Alberto Castro . Also there is no infrastructure exclusive for promotion or use of this.

The walls of San Jose: saw a mural in the red zone , hopefully the start of a section only for expressions on the walls ....

Apartments in the center ... if there ! year's end traveled several central areas showing that though it seems, if apartment buildings in chepe . .. That creates a different view of what might be living in chepe ... We
few months ago two surveys. In the first whether you would go to live in chepe , reflected in 123 of 183 votes, 67% ie there is an opening to think about living in chepe ... to have helped visualize as a possible option ...
In the second survey related to the average amount a person would pay for the apartment, the answer is more varied, and classes and potential evidence of disbursement for the housing issue ... at least among bloggers and visitors ocasionales.38 % would not pay more than 60 thousand colones Jupa for an apartment, 40% would pay no more than 80 thousand, 38% would pay no more than 100 mil ... and 24% were willing to pay between 100 and 150 000 per person, and finally to 15% would pay from 100 to 150 thousand per Jupa ... This is a very diverse in ability to pay, but the bulk of first three options would pay no more than 100 thousand colones Jupa ... so hopefully this brief survey helps to visualize that at least 139 people would live in the center and pay such amounts, not splitting apartments for Manypenny ... because chepe is for the middle class ... The latest survey

is newer but tries to find out roughly as wasted per person in moving from one place to another during the day ... to demonstrate that the collapse we live in and as improved quality of life should not lead us to invest more than an hour a day in transporting. And that if it was not put in bus, car, walking etc. .. but it's something ...

Other aspects of the blog have been making a collection of articles various urban issues in Costa Rica, in the world, and to a newspaper archive ( newspaper articles of ) for several years on the theme of regeneration urban .. in this aspect, we their collaboration, do not always have time to see what articles have appeared in all media etc ...

broadly and in general these have been the main issues, although many things have been some out ... and still many things to think, reflect, and hopefully generate public opinion on the need to improve the city in which we live. That yes, I've enjoyed a bitch, and has inspired me to think, dream ( view naively) to analyze all these issues, I hope you do too and gradually go to have a more livable city interesting etc ...

also delighted to have been in the blogging world tico, meeting people through the blog, see bloggers prospects in their respective blogs and recognize that the blog is enriched with much the contributions of those most interested in the subject, who have doubts, concerns , articles, recommendations, good and interesting comments ... a pleasure to have in this blog .... a big kiss and starting all year with great force .... Pd.la

Most photos are of previous articles and some are new to complement, this long boring article!!