Community Living

May 03, 2008

“(Suburbs) do nothing to satisfy our social human needs; they do nothing to encourage us to be anything but strangers who happen to park their cars on the same street every night."

Source: Ferenc Mate, A Reasonable Life

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What elitist rubbish! People make communities in every urban form, be it hi, medium or low density, or even, wait for it, in the country side!

Posted by Geoff on May 05, 2008 at 02:14 AM MDT #

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