Living in a suburb that does not encourage walking and has no town center, I appreciate the power of his argument. the key insight I gain from this book is that physical structure influences community interaction. They alsoadvocate for public space like plazas and parks and walkable sidewalks. They advocte for walkable cities that by their structure invite people to interact with each other is an informal and spontaneous ways. New Urbanists, and especially Kunstler see the suburbs as a huge mistake in the development of communities. This book puts forth the philsophy of New Urbanism, a movement within architecture and urban planning to create livable urban communities where people of all incomes, industry and retail can live in proximity to each other.
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