Americans Don't Really Think That Other Places

This Is Something Everyone Knows: A Well-used City Street Is Apt To Be A Safe Street. A Deserted City Street Is Apt To Be Unsafe.

All My Life I Have Been Hearing That The Oil Was Going To Run Out. It Never Happens. They Keep Discovering New Oil Fields. The World Is Apparently Floating In Oil Fields.

City Diversity Represents Accident And Chaos.

Whenever And Wherever Societies Have Flourished And Prospered Rather Than Stagnated And Decayed, Creative And Workable Cities Have Been At The Core Of The Phenomenon. Decaying Cities, Declining Economies, And Mounting Social Troubles Travel Together. The Combination Is Not Coincidental.

Writing, Printing, And The Internet Give A False Sense Of Security About The Permanence Of Culture.