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Cities, you may have heard, are toast. The argument is straightforward and seemingly incontestable: The coronavirus thrives among close clusters of human beings, and nowhere are humans clustered closer than in big cities. The virus’s toll seems to make the connection plain. New York City, the most populous and most dense urban area in the United States, was also the first to be devastated by the virus.
The pandemic will pass, but many fear that our response to Covid-19 may have ravaged urban economies for good. Lockdowns shuttered bars and turned restaurants into “ghost kitchens” whose primary patrons are overworked DoorDashers. The overnight shift to remote work obviated the need for office buildings and the vast economy that supports their workers, from public transit to corner stores. Online commerce, which had been decimating physical retailers for more than a decade, accelerated its crushing inevitability. Even cultural institutions seem at risk: If “Hamilton”
Farhad Manjoo: Why should we ever return to living and working so close to one another?
Not only are cities worth saving, they are also ripe for rebirth.
(Martin Nicolausson | The New York Times) The pandemic will pass, but many fear that our response to COVID-19 may have ravaged urban economies for good, writes New York Times columnist Farhad Manjoo.
By Farhad Manjoo | The New York Times
| Dec. 24, 2020, 3:34 a.m. | Updated: 3:44 p.m.
Cities, you may have heard, are toast. The argument is straightforward and seemingly incontestable: The coronavirus thrives among close clusters of human beings, and nowhere are humans clustered closer than in big cities. The virus’s toll seems to make the connection plain. New York City, the most populous and most dense urban area in the United States, was also the first to be devastated by the virus.
Why should we ever return to living and working so close together?
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