If a family is an expression of continuity through biology, a city is an expression of continuity through will amd imagination — through mental choices making artifice, not through physical reproduction.

A. Bartlett Giamatti
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In this quote from Lewis Mumford, he talks about how cities are a reflection of our will and imagination. The way we live in a city shapes our culture and in turn shapes our children. In these days when families are breaking down, perhaps cities should be the place where we raise our children.

Source: Take Time For Paradise: Americans And Their Games

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