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Riffing on Logan's Substack, which was a great recommendation. . . .

English adopted two Latin roots and we have not yet sorted them out well enough to fulfill the purposes of urbanists: civis and urb. In addition, some "urbanist" problems are based on scale, while others are not. We need separate categories for scaled urban problems and non-scaled urban problems. Walkability can exist at almost any scale. Access to grand opera is unique to great cities.

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I just moved back to Northern Virginia from Philadelphia, and my rent has gone up $900. I know that Nova is a coveted area and West Philly very much isn't, but the price disparity is nevertheless shocking

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I like the line you stole from Mr. Rogers: “Won't you be my subscriber?” You're warm and fuzzy enough to carry it off. The lost puppy look has been working well for the male of the species for the last 100,000 years. BTW, I've been a satisfied subscriber for about 6 months.

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