Social norms in Rilao

Our group, while focusing on the social norms of the city, decided to branch out into the the ecologies of the city and how each different group practiced social norms.  We narrowed the city into 4 main groups; Surfurbia, Autotopia, Bohemia, and the main "downtown" area that encompasses the other three.

Surfurbia is the area by the beach.  With both LA and Rio having large beach cultures we imagined that the beach communities would resemble local Manhattan Beach.  The people would be very laid back, live in a "shack", have a few ties to the community and focus their lives around healthy living.

Bohemia would be the mountainous area of the island.  The residents of bohemia base their lifestyles around the community.  Money is not necessarily the driving factor of work in the community, instead favors drive it.  Technology does not play a big part in the residents day to day lives.  The architecture of the community is very modern and different.  There is no underlying theme around the community, every house is different.  We imagined that public nudity would be a social norm in this community.

Autotopia encompasses the rest of the island that is inhabited.  Here there is no sense of community.  Everyone stays to themselves and does not interact with their neighbors.  The main center of life revolves around the car.  Autotopia works much in the way the show Weeds portrays suburban life, minus the drug dealing moms.

The central district, like Downtown LA is mainly a centre for commerce and is where the people of Rilao work.