Cities Never Flourish Alone. They Have To

We've Got A [canadian] Prime Minister Who Seems To Be Intent On Destroying Our Health System And Education System. But I Have Gotten A Thicker Skin. I Can Get Angry About These Things Without Feeling Like Vomiting, If You Know What I Mean.

Almost Nobody Travels Willingly From Sameness To Sameness And Repetition To Repetition, Even If The Physical Effort Required Is Trivial.

Americans Don't Really Think That Other Places Are As Real As America.

I Think That May Be The Biggest Difference Between Americans And People Elsewhere. Unlike Americans, Canadians Know That There Are Places Just As Real As Canada. It's A Self-centeredness That's A Very Strange Thing.

[cities] Are Not Like Suburbs, Only Denser. They Differ From Towns And Suburbs In Basic Ways, And One Of These Is That Cities Are, By Definition, Full Of Strangers.