The Rose Cafe this week really challenge how I think of my ecological footprint and the way I live where I live. When I think of my hometown from a city planning perspective, I am able to see why certain things are the way they are. There is reason behind every decision whether it is that a city is built on a grid to ease transportation or that there is a park on that street, but not the other. It was really great to hear about where others in the rose community where from and what those places are like. Sometimes it feels as if we are all living two different lives, our home life and our school life. I think that this talk enforced that idea even more, and I enjoy my time in both.