Being Cool Isn't Enough, A City Needs A Soul

To be successul and vibrant, cities should have a sense of moral purpose, says Steven Greenhut.

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May 23, 2005, 10:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

Cities need a sense of moral purpose to survive and flourish. It's not enough, [Joel Kotkin] argues, for them to serve merely as a center of commerce. It's that idea that helps me the most as I continue my critique of the modern planning movements. In a recent interview, Kotkin complained to me that New Urbanists and others who want to recreate urban living as a rebuke to suburbanization tend to miss this almost-spiritual side to city planning."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

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