[ René Lévesque] Didn't Understand Why Things

Detroit Is Largely Composed, Today, Of Seemingly Endless Square Miles Of Low-density Failure.

I Was So Grateful To Be Independent Of The Academic Establishment. I Thought, How Awful It Would Be To Have My Future Hinge On Such People And Such Decisions.

Neighborhood Is A Word That Has Come To Sound Like A Valentine. As A Sentimental Concept, 'neighborhood' Is Harmful To City Planning. It Leads To Attempts At Warping City Life Into Imitations Of Town Or Suburban Life. Sentimentality Plays With Sweet Intentions In Place Of Good Sense.

I Have Been Dwelling Upon Downtowns. This Is Not Because Mixtures Of Primary Uses Are Unneeded Elsewhere In Cities. On The Contrary They Are Needed, And The Success Of Mixtures Downtown (on In The Most Intensive Portions Of Cities, Whatever They Are Called) Is Related To The Mixture Possible In Other Part Of Cities.

Maybe Part Of My Animus Against The English Is The Way They Have Always Treated The Irish And They Way They Still Think About The Irish.