He realizes that the Romans had roads, yeah? Also, all the cities that are held up as great have great transportation built in and the cities are closer together. Why does he go to the extreme? There are so many good starts without tearing out streets.
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- Henri Lefebvre, The Right to the City — In brief, the right to the city is the right to the production of a city. The labor of a worker is the source of most of the value of a commodity that is expropriated by the owner. The worker, therefore, has a right to benefit from that value denied to them. In the same way, the urban citizen produces and reproduces the city through their own daily actions. However, the the city is expropriated from the urbanite by the rich and the state. The right to the city is therefore the right to appropriate the city by and for those who make and remake it.
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I think of the savings on transport and the food deserts this strategy could ameliorate.... my only real concern is the impact farming on top of structures will have in wear/tear water damage etc., but that's a very minor concern.