quantitative self-interest
“our
planetary urban fabric—the terrestrial texturing of our urban
universe—is woven by a ruling class that sees cities are purely
speculative entities, as sites for gentrifying schemes and upscale
redevelopments, as machines for making clean, quick money in, and for
disposing erstwhile public goods.” A. Merrifield - The New Urban Question
(Cell phone pics around Philadelphia today. Human remnants but no humans.)
(Cell phone pics around Philadelphia today. Human remnants but no humans.)