"A city is a means of providing a maximum number of social contacts and satisfactions. When the open spaces gape too widely, and dispersal is too constant, people lack a stage for their activities and the drama of their daily life lacks sharp focus."
Contrast this...
Contrast this...
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(Parking Crater, USA, vs. Perugia, Italy, at the hour of the passeggiata)
Quote from the ineluctable Lewis Mumford.