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I was born in Norfolk, Virginia, and raised in the suburban wilderness of Virginia Beach. I went away to the Catholic, Polish lands of Pittsburg for college, and then ended up exiling myself in Spain for two years. I returned, and after a sojourn teaching school and visiting Central America during the war then, I became a journalist. I worked at The Virginian-Pilot for almost 10 years, after graduating from Columbia Journalism School in New York City. Leaving newspapers when my britches got too big, I got a fellowship to the Ivy League land of Harvard. I then came, like most moths, to the flame of New York City, where I still reside, in the fabled lands of Brooklyn.

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	How Cities Work : Suburbs, Sprawl, and the Roads Not Taken 3.86 avg rating — 167 ratings — published 2001 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beneath the Metropolis: The Secret Lives of Cities 3.71 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	State of the World Population 2007 Youth Supplement: Growing Up Urban by United Nations, Amy Singer (Editor), Alex Marshall (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“What is needed in our nation is a renewed respect for the noncompetitive, more cooperative parts of our society that the competitive, for-profit parts rely upon. Rather than trying to “marketize” everything, we should realize and teach that for-profit markets and capitalism itself rest on our willingness to do certain things without immediate individual benefit.”
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“What is clear from railroad history is that if government is to mix with private enterprise, something unavoidable in most instances, then it should do so in ways that serve its citizens, and that mission should come first.”
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