Dérive

Reading about the Situationist idea of psychogeography brings up many questions. Why is it most people never really seem to notice the environment of the city in which they live? What makes us walk how we walk and move down the sidewalk? What is it that makes our neighborhoods--especially noticeable in Philadelphia--change so quickly from seemingly "safe" to seemingly "unsafe"? I think it's a good practice to slow down and study what informs our urban landscape and creates its atmosphere, instead of simply walking and ignoring the streets we're familiar with.