I grew up ion Brooklyn, New York and my family moved to the suburbs after I completed elementary school. What a disaster! But the idea that a suburban home might make a good base for nomadic operations is at least worth considering. Today our glorious suburban mini-mansion would sell at a fraction of the price of our Brooklyn town house. Nomadic types are also moving from New York to the Philadelphia Northeast suburbs in droves to save on housing costs.

Philadelphia’s public hot spot project doesn’t appear to have worked out well. With the exception of Panera, most nomadic workers have to pay for internet access. It would be great for cities to organize a chain of cafe-like collaboration places with access, perhaps as noisy areas in libraries.

With the adults out and about, why should the older children not be afforded the same freedoms? Curricular course -ware is already better than most in-class instruction. High school kids are kept captive. Surely there is a way of creating and legitimating nomadic learning experiences.