The Social Aspects of Places

This week arriving to Blue Hills Reservation I was aware of the fact to focus on the social aspect of the area. The great point about Blue Hills is it is an area where all different people visit. The way this green oasis is set up is an individual can choose to go up the mountain in a public way or private way. Even though this mountain has a variety of trails, people choose to take the private route and develop there own paths.
Socialization occurs at this observatory on a daily basis. There are three main trails that the majority of guest travel on. Depending on the season and weather some of these paths can become crowded at times. If the trail is over packed with others the sociability level is high. Most of the paths will intersect with each other at a point where socialization will occur even more. As I spoke about it in my past blogs the tower at the top of this mountain is the main place people interact. Surrounding this structure is picnic tables where families and friends can have a conversation. Sometimes when I reach the top I don’t like to situate myself because it can become very noisy at times.
Some people travel to this mountain to get away from situations that are bothering them. This has happened to me one time where it made me not want to interact with others so I made up my own route. I tended to stay off the paths so I could focus on myself and not others surrounding me. The direction this led me in was a place where no other person was to be found and the sound was complete silent. Privacy at times can be so important to a person, if you are constantly around groups of people you will not be able to focus on yourself and get over certain situations.
The topic for this week’s assignment is the reason I chose this observatory area. It means so much to me when a place has a private setting and a public setting. Majority of the time I come to this mountain to have a work out and observe the surroundings. The social interaction between people at this place is remarkable because the people are so friendly. But there are those days and going to be more of the days I just want to be alone.