NYT Why Should We Ever Return to Living and Working So Close Together?
It’s weird that the author doesn’t bother to mention this summer’s protests and riots when talking about the urban flight. In Philadelphia, which is the closest major metro to me, ATMs were being blown up on blocks that I, as a tourist, used to walk through. Murders have spiked hard. Philly is also suffering from increasing urban problems like permanent homeless encampments on the Parkway. A homeless man was stabbed to death last fall in Rittenhouse square, one of the richest quarters of the city, and it’s only gotten worse.