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Discussion Statements #2

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Addison Del Mastro
Nov 1, 2022
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Quick post today, with what I think will become a semi-regular little series. I sometimes find there are bits and pieces of my articles that get a lot of reaction in particular, or which I think are insightful but I don’t develop at more depth in the pieces they appear.

So what I’ve done is taken a handful of these bits and pieces and offered them here, in a short post, inviting you to agree/disagree/discuss/elaborate. Short and sweet!

Here you go:

  • The difference between what we call a “city,” a “town,” or a “village” is of degree, not of kind.

  • Bad rules, or bad situations, are not opportunities to test our virtue or build character.

  • What we typically perceive as “overdevelopment” is actually underdevelopment

  • Related to number 3, traffic congestion is a result of low-density, car-dependent sprawl, not overcrowding

  • Suburbia makes normal human behavior look suspicious


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