How Much Of Urbanism Is Being Social?

Thoughts on how land-use patterns affect daily life

Sometimes I can tell (or I think, anyway) that I’ve hit on an insight, but haven’t necessarily found the right words or framing for it. In this case, it’s a feeling I’ve described in a couple of pieces about getting old vs. living in suburbia, and having trouble telling them apart or wondering whether they’re the same thing.

I thought about that in this …