CapeConversation

After 2 years living in Cape Town, I am starting to understand and typify the Capetonian vibe. People are relatively laid back, and in contact with their natural environment, there is after all much to enjoy about the Cape with its unique beauty and outdoor activities.

But on the other hand, it can be hard to get involved, keep in touch or develop relationships in this city; anything with a bit of va-va-voom, of intensity, and they pull back, or even, well, “choon you a bietjie skeef”.

Is this “slacker” attitude detrimental to creativity and community, or is it perhaps the right sort of environment in which the spiritual might be allowed to blossom away from the typical pressures of urban living?

What are your views on the Cape Coma – just an urban myth? And if not, is this somewhat somnambulist culture a good thing?