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What does it mean?
Modern commercial cities are designed for profit, not human well-being.
In plain terms
Big business cities are not good places for people to live.
What can you take from it?
Urban planning should prioritize people over profit.

Where it applies

  • urban policy
  • housing advocacy
  • economic critique

Putting it to work

  • advocate for housing
  • critique urban design
  • support community planning

Questions to consider

  • What makes a city livable?
  • Who benefits from urban design?

Another view

It generalizes all large cities as equally uninhabitable.

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