'You move me, you move me
with your buildings and your eyes
Autumn woods and winter skies
You move me, you move me
Open sea and city lights
Busy streets and dizzy heights
You call me, you call me'
So what I want to talk right now is how we experience the city. I would think most of us are or have lived or travelled in a City. New York, Paris, Los Angeles, London, La Paz,Osaka.. all these vibrant and exciting places where it's all happening.
Or is it? One can have a very boring old time even in the coolest place of the world. When you live and work in a metropolis, the places you go to work and play easily become a repetition. One acknowledges the possibilities of a metropolis, all it's venues, hiking trails and millions of people but still feels stuck.
When traveling to a city, you might be stuck with a tourist group or if going solo, going from one attraction to another can become very daunting.
I think the problem lies in the way we look at the city. We sort of know what it is. Like a big machine made of sewage drains and bus routes, all those people spinning there trying to run the economics and chase their dreams. Everything in the city is built around and by the people and their dreams. And as people and their dreams are individual, so are the cities and the suburbs and train yards and everything in them.
I've been living in a few cities in Japan and Korea, visited a few in Europe and the states too. I had the luxury of time to stay for a few months at a time, sometimes years, and try and experience the place that I was in.
After spending a while in a place, you've found a few people you meet occasionally or frequently and a few places you hang out occasionally or frequently. Doing what you did when you arrived, that is, exploring new venues and things, sort of fizzles out. Going to new places becomes harder and more bothersome. You land at the spot where you are aware of the possibilities but still sort of stuck. Congratulations, you have landed at your comfort zone. Are we really comfortable now?
Breaking this mold you cast for yourself is one of our key motivations with Hoodownr. We need incentives to go out of our comfort zones and we need to be awarded for doing that. Everybody wants to see more and feel more. I don't think I'm wrong if I say that people, you, me, the man next door, are just waiting for the right cue.
Also we easily become stuck in our social circles. Cues do come from our own circle of friends in the form of trips to the countryside or to an art show but those cues might not come as frequently as we would like them. Hanging out with exactly the same crowd becomes daunting after a while, same faces, same conversations, similar things. Oh if only there was an external wake up and and adventure to boot.
Hoodownr strives to offer an external and casual cue. For yourself and for other people who are playing the game. Adventure can be a tap away after starting the app. Starting off solo and having other people on board while you're exploring happens. When you feel you are in a rut: start hoodownr, just hit play, take a bottle of water with you and head out the door. Take a camera with you. It's all out there for you. Discovery now!
'the focus is sharp in the city'.
Sami
Hastur
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