 Sprawl - definition |
 Nov 16 2006, 04:17 PM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 216 Joined: 6-August 03 From: Polish Ghetto Member No.: 5,342  |
Hi, everybody.
In Saturday, one of my polish friends from our Shadowrun community website will try to explain other RPG gamers what Shadowrun is. We're looking for good synonime of SPRAWL word - there's no such thing in polish, AFAIK. Could anybody could tell me good definition of this word? TIA |
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Nov 16 2006, 04:23 PM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
Big Fuckin' City!
Metropolis just doesn't really cover it. Cityscape is closer, but kinda sucky. You might be better off not trying to deine it with one word, and instead describing a Sprawl as a gigantic Warsaw. ;) |
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Nov 16 2006, 04:33 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,070 Joined: 7-February 04 From: NYC Member No.: 6,058 |
Well, IIRC in Polish translations of William Gibson's books, "The Sprawl" is translated as "Ciag" (sorry, no Polish fonts).
I think the colloquial use of the word "moloch" in Polish also comes pretty close. |
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Nov 16 2006, 04:41 PM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
Say you have a city. Seattle, for example. Around it, you have places like Puyallup, Redmond, etc.
When the buildup becomes such that a massive amount of acreage is taken over because all of those areas essentially become one "city", you have a Sprawl. Also, however, I have seen the word "Sprawl" used simply as a synonym to "city" or "metropolitan area". It generally depends on how it's being used, and by whom. |
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Nov 16 2006, 05:38 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,008 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
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Nov 16 2006, 11:02 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 903 Joined: 7-February 03 Member No.: 4,025 |
The word was originally a verb. "to sprawl" means to lie down, but doing so in a careless, disorganized kind of way. If you apply that notion to the unrestricted growth of a city, it will help clarify the idea of what "a sprawl" implies.
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Nov 16 2006, 11:55 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,219 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Lofwyr's stomach. Member No.: 1,320 |
The reason sprawl is used interchangeably with city here in america is because we don't normally have cities without urban sprawl around here.
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Nov 17 2006, 12:33 AM
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Uncle Fisty Group: Admin Posts: 13,891 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Next To Her Member No.: 6,928 |
eidolon and dog have the right of it. Basically a city/cities that grow so much that everything in between is taken up by it, and essentially all these town/cities pretty much become one. Only signs and City councilman know where one ends and another begins.
Think multiple pools of water, starting seperate, and more and more comes in until it's just one big puddle. Reminds me of home (San Jose, CA). |
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Nov 17 2006, 04:18 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,640 Joined: 6-June 04 Member No.: 6,383 |
The sprawl is a fundamental defense against a takedown. It involves leaping backwards with the feet while positioning the body horizontally so as to defend against a shoot-style takedown.
http://images.google.fm/imgres?imgurl=http...6lr%3D%26sa%3DG |
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Nov 17 2006, 09:00 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 714 Joined: 26-February 02 From: .nl Member No.: 116 |
To me, a sprawl is a conglomeration of several urban centers. You could walk from San Francisco to Seattle without your feet ever leaving the concrete.
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Nov 17 2006, 02:50 PM
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Uncle Fisty Group: Admin Posts: 13,891 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Next To Her Member No.: 6,928 |
Nah, Redding will never get that developed.
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