Confession: I spent most of my life, even my adult life, failing to appreciate cities. I was wrong. Cities are important (and wonderful).
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This is one of the top five things I'd want to tell my 18-year-old self.
One of the best threads I've ever seen on Twitter. I wish more people (my past self included) understood all this:https://twitter.com/wrathofgnon/status/883181352933236736 …
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it doesn't feel a little reactionary to you? Alexander has similar viewpoints but acknowledges cities have changed in the last 800 years
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tbh I don't understand enough to appreciate what you're saying. I'm most just appalled at my past failure to appreciate traditional cities.
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That whole thread reads like rose-colored glasses on premodern cities. Were they really any more pleasant to live in than modern cities?
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In my (limited) experience — yes, much more pleasant. But this is something I had to learn the hard way :(.
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Seeing like a state!
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Yeah I really need to dust that one off and pick back up where I left off....
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Definitely interesting. Seems to underrate the value of cheap space (suburbs), which is possible when home does not compete with commerce.
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Would love to chat abt this. Lived n Fez Morocco (1,200 year old pedestrian city w/ miniature garbage trucks nxt to donkeys!) to study this!
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