Question #4

I disagree with Frampton's statement that there is not true public place in America. In fact I believe that America is so much of a public realm, that people go home just to escape being in the public. Through out the day, Americans spend most of their time in the public realm. They travel on what could be considered the most public realm in America, the roads and highway system. This realm is used by nearly every American, and though it might not be the most enjoyable, beautiful space, it is our public realm. We use it to talk to each other through advertisements. We show off for each other with the types of cars that we drive. We express our emotions to each other through road rage. We have a public realm, but it is at a much large scale than a piazza could be.