HMM: America Needs a New Urban Vision.

Cities historically grew and prospered because of their location by rivers, ports, or natural resources. They might also have been the capitals of great empires or religious centers, or boasted vital institutions like universities, museums, and industry clusters—legacies of great economic booms.

The age of modern media has seen the emergence of a new key element catalyzing growth in contemporary societies: a compelling urban vision. Urban visions formulate attractive paradigms of what a successful city looks like, focusing on four central ingredients: people, businesses, leaders, and capital.

American cities largely lack such a unifying idea today.

Interesting article, but I remain wary of people who have visions of how other people should live.

Why not try good governance and letting people figure it out for themselves?