Some of them will be the ruins of tomorrow. Peter Gordon, a professor at the University of Southern California's Graduate School of Policy, Planning and Development, rejects that claim. People who are ignorant of the previous track record of Doomsday forecasts blithely go on making them, which is fine. But it's when they prescribe harsh measures for the rest of us to live by that we ought to take serious notice. What I define as a livable city is where real people are choosing to go.
People also like shooting heroin.
People also like drinking too much. People like eating more fatty food than is good for them. There are a lot of things that people like that the world does not necessarily reward them for. Dancing about architecture For some New Urbanists, there are weightier issues than the economic and aesthetic ones. Kunstler, in particular, sees surburban sprawl as a threat to America's very soul.