Big cities will eventually get through the recession.
How much help they’ll get from the design-obsessed bloggers who are so anxious to shape urban life is open to question.
Consider the blogosphere in Los Angeles, which bubbled with reports of decapitated chickens turning up all around town earlier this year.
Some bloggers speculated that chickens were being killed in rituals of the Santeria cult, which has roots in Latin America. The speculation seemed on the way to becoming an urban legend. read more »