A European vacation is supposed to underscore, for an American, the poverty of our built environment, if not our lifestyle. We sit in soul-crushing traffic, alone in oversized gas-guzzling cars, while the Europeans stroll down to the piazza for a pre-dinner spritz. We lock ourselves in comfortable air-conditioned homes, with postage-stamp yards, privati…
I Went To Europe And Now I'm Not So Sure About Urbanism
Great cities need air conditioning, and much more
