Humans have growing pains, islands have rifts.
Rift between the American and the European tectonic plates by m’sieur rico on Flickr.
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We stand corrected. Hopefully this little surprise bodes well for the future:
Dubai Airport is literally the heart of Dubai, according to author John Kasarda, who asserts that the city is an “aerotropolis.” (Photo from dubaiairport.com)
An aerotropolis is a city built around an airport, says Kasarda, who first heard of the term in China, where dozens are being built.
“Dubai is really an airline with an emirate attached to it. I mean Dubai literally was a city of 20,000 people 20 or 30 years ago and they leveraged their airline, Emirates, which is now the world’s fastest growing and largest long haul carrier, to basically become this sort of hub for the middle of the world.”
In the U.S., Memphis, Tennessee would qualify as an aerotropolis, says Kasarda, and future American cities would be planned around airports.
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Airports teach me things about the transience of life and the beauty of motion. I’m a travel junkie, in case you weren’t aware.
San Francisco, CA (SFO)
