Genuinely this will change your life. You slow down and get into corners of the country you’d never see and realize it’s not all Breezewood
If you’re on a road trip and not in a time crunch you really just shouldn’t be on the freeways. All nav apps have an option to avoid them
Everything that's great about California is baked in, and everything that sucks about California is fixable. It's just one of those spots on Earth where a "main character" civilization is inevitable.
We often treat parks and public places as if they are eternal — built once, then somehow self-sustaining forever.
These spaces age, break, and accumulate deferred maintenance just like any other asset. When funding is neglected, the problem balloons: worse user experience, higher future repair costs, weaker tourism value, and lower civic quality of life.
Public spaces are not immortal.
They are living assets.
And living assets need sustainable funding.
This Jali screen is a masterclass in passive design, using rhythmic lattice patterns to achieve natural ventilation and "dappled light" while reducing solar heat gain.