The oldest continually inhabited city in the world, Varanasi has been a cultural and religious centre for thousands of years. Many prominent philosophers, poets, writers, and musicians have lived here. A must see for culturally minded adventurers.I have a strong respect for India and would love to see Adelaide connect with this global player. Hundreds of millions of Indians know Adelaide because they love cricket!
Innovative San Francisco
With much of its wealth coming from the information economy, San Francisco has a strong university culture. They consider highly educated workers a long-term investment.Their friendly style, mix of Victorian and modern architecture and appreciation of food and wine reminded me of home. San Francisco embraces international culture and the gay community. They also focus on each neighbourhood having their own unique character.
A third of all commuters use public transport. San Francisco leads the nation in electric car infrastructure and are planning and promoting the value of medium density walkable communities.
We love Adelaide!
Adelaide is the 349th biggest, yet 8th most liveable city in the world. What a fantastic achievement. With a healthy economy, quality universities and a thriving arts culture I believe we can move up the list.While we don’t want Adelaide to be exactly like any other city, we can learn from their strengths if we are open to new ideas.
I believe it is possible to embrace Adelaide’s parklands, heritage, arts and sustainability values as strategic advantages to create economic prosperity.
How would you like to see Adelaide develop?
3 comments:
Glad you left melbourne off your blog list.. but still don't know how you could mention it in your newsletter over the beautiful Sydney warped around a gorgeous harbour!
Adelaide needs to focus on being a town of arts, culture and education. We are not going to compete with Melbourne for fashion or finance, or Sydney for business, or Brisbane for start-ups, or Darwin for croc stories... but we can be classier then all of them. (from a conversation we had in the car as we drove down Hindley this morning...)
To stop trying to attract tourists for shopping....loads of other Australian cities currently do that much more easily, but to play up our strengths- the space and beautiful weather.
Making the city more connected with lovely pathways and cosy corners so that the people are what is central to the area rather than the cars.
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