“The reason our houses are so big (and inefficient)…is we have eliminated a healthy civic life. We build homes with giant foyers because we have no public squares.
We need media rooms because it’s not easy or pleasant to drive to a multiplex theater, cross a parking lot through an ocean of cars, and pay a fortune for popcorn.
We build bars in our basements because there are no neighborhood pubs.
We have giant refrigerators and ever-growing storage needs because shopping is both far away and unpleasant (hello, Costco).
The result? We heat and air-condition unused rooms in oversized unpleasant houses. And because our home bars and foyers are empty and our media experiences private, we’re lonely, to boot.”
- Andres Duany, paraphrased
(photo)Yes! Yes! Yes! I am familiar with community planning and multi-use developments! Give me a job!
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