“In James Howard Kunstler’s view, public spaces should be inspired centers of civic life and the physical manifestation of the common good. Instead, he argues, what exists in America is a nation of places not worth caring about.
Kunstler may be the world’s most outspoken critic of suburban sprawl. He believes the end of the fossil fuels era will soon force a return to smaller-scale, agrarian communities — and an overhaul of the most destructive features of postwar society.”
— From TED.COM
I found this piece very thought provoking and I hope you will as well. My thanks to Ian S for sharing it.
Please note that a tiny bit of strong language is used in this piece.
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Originally posted at synaptici February 23rd, 2009
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If liberals hadn’t spent the last 50 years decriminalizing crime, treating city services as a jobs program for democrat voters, raising the poor against the middle class, then maybe the cities wouldn’t have been so dire, sparking the exodus to the suburbs. Urban planners should spend more time respectfully listening to suburbanites, rather than just trying to sweep them back into the ant pile.