In Our American Cities, We Need All

[if Quebec Became Sovereign] There Would Be One Level Of Government That Would Be Missing, One Less Level Of Government. The Municipality Would Become The Second Level.

You Can Neither Lie To A Neighbourhood Park, Nor Reason With It. 'artist's Conceptions' And Persuasive Renderings Can Put Pictures Of Life Into Proposed Neighbourhood Parks Or Park Malls, And Verbal Rationalizations Can Conjure Up Users Who Ought To Appreciate Them, But In Real Life Only Diverse Surroundings Have The Practical Power Of Inducing A Natural, Continuing Flow Of Life And Use.

Everybody's Got A Worldview, Whether They Know They Have It Or They Don't. They Might Even Get It When They Are Little Tiny Kids. Suppose They Get It When They Are In College, Which Is Often The Case, Or In High School, Whatever. Everything They Learn After That Or Every Thing They See After That, They Fit It Into That Worldview. And They Are Making Coherence Of What's Good, What's Bad, What Will Work, What Won't Work, What's Noble, What's Ignoble, And So On... All Through This Filter.

The Second Mode To Deal With Unsafe Cities Is To Take Refuge In Vehicles. This Is The Technique Practiced In The Big Wild-animal Reservations Of Africa, Where Tourists Are Warned To Leave Their Cars Under No Circumstances Until They Reach A Lodge. It Is Also The Technique Practiced In Los Angeles.

In Small Settlements Everyone Knows Your Affairs. In The City Everyone Does Not-only Those You Choose To Tell Will Know About You. This Is One Of The Attributes Of Cities That Is Precious To Most City People.