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Normal life becomes well-nigh impossible.
Automotive transportation, the basis of almost all aspects of everyday existence in the western U.S., becomes first risky and then futile. Throughout the city, children and even adults learn to just forget about whatever they thought was so important and to instead enjoy the evening, the day, the unplanned vacation. The speed and intensity with which ordinary, drudgery-stricken Seattle citizens turn into joyful, heartful, true human beings is truly an astounding thing to behold. It's not a raucous, violent energy but a playful one, in which everyone becomes fast friends sharing the spirit of play amid a bright, quiet, serene setting. A city of isolated individuals and families becomes, for one or two days every one or two years, a real community.