(Jon) And is public transit spending “liberal”? I’ve been working my way through “Suburban Nation,” and although I consider myself politically conservative, I find this pro-city, anti-sprawl book conversational and convincing. But I might be in the minority among my conservative brethren. Critical reviews of “Suburban Nation” at Amazon.com call the authors “socialists,” “elitist” and [...]
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Car trouble
by Jon Swerens on November 14, 2007, in City culture, Transportation, Urbanism
If you want to feel how desperately dependent on the automobile you are, simply arrange for your only vehicle to break down. This happened to me and my family recently, and suddenly, getting a daughter to a distant doctor, getting a dog to the vet, and getting groceries became either difficult or impossible. At least [...]
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