Erosion Of Cities Or Attrition Of Automobiles?

I Don't Think Of The New Urbanism As An Economic Or Political Train Wreck. I Think Of It As One Of These Great Generational Upheavals That's Coming.

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.

New Ideas Must Use Old Buildings

In Small Settlements Everyone Knows Your Affairs. In The City Everyone Does Not-only Those You Choose To Tell Will Know About You. This Is One Of The Attributes Of Cities That Is Precious To Most City People.

Nations Are Political And Military Entities, And So Are Blocs Of Nations. But It Doesn't Necessarily Follow From This That They Are Also The Basic, Salient Entities Of Economic Life Or That They Are Particularly Useful For Probing The Mysteries Of Economic Structure, The Reasons For Rise And Decline Of Wealth. Indeed, The Failure Of National Governments And Blocs Of Nations To Force Economic Life To Do Their Bidding Suggests Some Sort Of Essential Irrelevance.