This town is for the counterfeit dreamers

I stayed up until about 5am reading last night because I didn't feel at all sleepy. I have always been a night person to be honest. If people wanted to get the most out of me at work they should put me on a 10pm to 6am shift because my brain seems to work better then. Anyway it was starting to get light as I went to sleep and the birds were waking up which is kind of a nice way to go to sleep. I couldn't imagine living in a city and having to sleep with traffic noise and the like outside it would just feel strange. I always feel claustrophobic in cities I'm sure its not how humans were designed to live at all.


I was reading something the other day about architecture (yes really) and how buildings were all the same these days and I think cities are particularly bad for this but especially industrial estates. We seem to have the best architects in the world in this country yet somehow feel imagination is only needed for the more high-profile buildings. Some of the buildings that have gone up in recent years I think are amazing not least the Gherkin. Also the redevelopment of Manchester (particularly Salford Quays) and now Liverpool (despite the fourth grace fiasco) has been good for the cities but it hasn't stopped the creating of more and more out of town shopping centres which are ugly horrible places that always depress me. I am not saying we should all live in futuristic buildings and in some places they would look ridiculous but surely some thought could go into the spaces people spend significant amounts of their lives? I think the environment can have a massive affect on peoples behaviour and attitude and with a little thought it could be a better looking and nicer place to live.

And all the people would smile and skip to work.. haha. I don't know its just a thought isn't it?