“Two parents, to say nothing of one, cannot possibly satisfy all the needs of a family-household. A community is needed as well, for raising children, and also to keep adults reasonably sane and cheerful. A community is a complex organism with complicated resources that grow gradually and organically.”
― Dark Age Ahead
― Dark Age Ahead
“[Cities] are not like suburbs, only denser. They differ from towns and suburbs in basic ways, and one of these is that cities are, by definition, full of strangers.”
― The Death and Life of Great American Cities
― The Death and Life of Great American Cities
“Dull, inert cities, it is true, do contain the seeds of their own destruction and little else. But lively, diverse, intense cities contain the seeds of their own regeneration, with energy enough to carry over for problems and needs outside themselves.”
― The Death and Life of Great American Cities
― The Death and Life of Great American Cities
“Los datos pueden explicarse de muchas maneras, pero se elige seguir reforzando los prejuicios y los estereotipos.”
― Jodidos turistas
― Jodidos turistas
“Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.”
― The Death and Life of Great American Cities
― The Death and Life of Great American Cities
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