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The art of making millions of strangers live close together without killing each other.
means The study and practice of designing cities — how streets, buildings, and public spaces shape the way people actually live together.
from Rooted in Latin urbs, meaning 'city' — the same root that gave us 'urban.' The '-ism' suffix turned it into a named discipline, a coinage that took hold in the early 20th century as city planning professionalized and thinkers started treating city design as a field of study rather than just an afterthought of growth.
- core bet
- Density beats distance for almost everything that matters.
- biggest enemy
- Minimum parking requirements, not cars themselves.
- ironic twist
- Most beloved old neighborhoods are illegal to build today.
- real metric
- Can a kid walk somewhere alone and survive.