- cross-posted to:
- urbanism@slrpnk.net
- cross-posted to:
- urbanism@slrpnk.net
When city-dwellers report feeling lonely, it could be an urban design problem. When cities structure themselves to make sharing easier, people thrive in every way—including socially. But what should cities build to foster sharing?
It just makes me all the more angrier how in the US and increasingly the western world, cities are reserved for the privileged exclusively and us poors are stuffed into the countryside/suburbs the rich got bored of.
Yeah, Japan has problems but it makes me so jealous that tokyo is a fraction of the price of NYC despite being just as much of an economic powerhouse.