a dollar and a (small-scale) dream

I personally don’t want to be a hot shot, big time architect in a massive urban environment. I do see the value in the individual at that scale and  I applaud the example with the student recommending re-purposing the beltline in Atlanta but I just don’t see myself making an impact in the big scale. I desire to affect the smaller communities and towns in small scale steps at an individual and personal level. Would I be doing less for the global impact than those who want to hop in and change the dense urban culture? Or those who want to reach headlines for re-purposing an entire sector of a city through strategic and (attempted) controlled gentrification? Who knows.. . but I honestly could care less. We have a unique skillset and perspective. I believe that alone gives us the ability to make a global impact as an individual. Where we take those skills and how we apply them seems to be the question.