In Our American Cities, We

Sentimentality About Nature Denatures Everything It Touches.

Observation Of Realities Has Never, To Put It Mildly, Been One Of The Strengths Of Economic Development Theory.

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

Backward Cities, Or Younger Cities, Or Newly Forming Cities In Supply Regions, Have To Develop To A Great Extent On One Another's Shoulders. This Is One Of The Terrible Things About Empires.

Automobiles Are Often Conveniently Tagged As The Villains Responsible For The Ills Of Cities And The Disappointments And Futilities Of City Planning. But The Destructive Effect Of Automobiles Are Much Less A Cause Than A Symptom Of Our Incompetence At City Building.