Sunday, April 04, 2004
Kevin Drum has some interesting thoughts on the nature of suburban commercial development, especially with respect to how politicians feel it's almost life-or-death necessary to encourage as much commercial development as possible. link.
I would also suggest looking for any and all books by Jane Jacobs, especially The Death and Life of Great American Cities for some interesting solutions to what seems to be the brain-dead way in which cities tend to have developed over the last half-century.
