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Wednesday, October 10, 2007

My San Diego: Guest Blogger/ Criminal Defense Attorney Scott Pactor (Cat Dirt Sez) can't belabor his point quite enough



Criminal Defense Attorney & Blogger
Lives in Golden Hill

My San Diego is an urban environment. I don’t think I can belabor this point quite enough, but the process of building a community isn’t easy or fun. If it was easy or fun, it wouldn’t need doing. The fact is that southern California neighborhoods are made up of transients and recent émigrés. It’s not like people have been living in the same place for twenty years. That is something that makes San Diego and most of southern California different from a lot of other places. The positive of that is that most people are excited, in some way, shape or form about being here, the negative is that people are disconnected from the world around them.
That’s why it’s so important to be cognizant of the fact that downtown san diego/golden hill/ south park etc. is a human environment, and our day to day behaviors impact that environment. I try to improve my urban environment by putting on shows, writing my blog and being engaged with the area around me- and not just the fun parts that involve drinking and hanging out.

My San Diego is URBAN- I really only concern myself with the area bounded by the eight freeway to the north, the 125 to the east, the ocean to the west and the border region—outside of that area- I need to have a reason to go. I despise the suburbs with all of my being, and rural areas are nice to see once in a while but not to live.

That’s why I love Golden Hill- it’s a place I really care about, and its an environment I want to “improve.”





Scott Pactor writes/edits catdirtsez.com a blog that I read pretty much every day. He is a married self employed defense attorney (someone to call when you get in trouble in TJ!) and head of Cat Dirt Records. Visit his blog here.


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