Where is everyone?
Yes, I live in darkest Africa, near the bottom in a small city called Durban.
There are 3.5 million people in this town, but, as with most of Africa, most are dirt poor, so in city size, minus the squatter camps, there are about 500 000 - 700 000 houses, maybe, maybe less.
Anyway, it's small, most of the educated people have left for Johannesburg, Cape Town or London, New York, LA. It's a bit of a ghost town really now.
That aside, it's a groovy little place, the weather is just the best anywhere on the planet and it's kinda laid back if that is your scene. So the point?
Well, it's like this: I own a web and graphic design company, I lecture at an awesome institution teaching design too, it's fun and I'm really busy all the time... but I never see anyone... it's weird.
The net, email, skype, blogs, conference calls are the norm... what is is like for the rest of you? What is the big bad world like out there? Am I the only one living like this, or is it the way things are panning out across the globe?
