A review by siriuslysirius
Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity by Charles L. Marohn Jr.
3.0
As I expose myself to the way other countries live (mostly Europe), the more I realize how effed up just about everything we do as cities and “communities” are in the US. From having to drive every freaking place to shitty healthcare, to a broken, unfixable (as it is now) political system.
This exposure led me to this book.
Strong Towns started fine. Then personal anecdotes and stories that don’t fit well pop up. Couple that with lots of fluff, the substance is lost.
But, the substance makes sense. We need to rethink the endless outward expansion of towns and cities. I blame the New Deal - which did help create jobs, but the cost is a car obsessed culture and the loss of a walkable town and city.
Strong Towns ended very strangely with Charles talking about religion and whatnot that awkwardly kinda-sorta tied in - this adds nothing though.
This exposure led me to this book.
Strong Towns started fine. Then personal anecdotes and stories that don’t fit well pop up. Couple that with lots of fluff, the substance is lost.
But, the substance makes sense. We need to rethink the endless outward expansion of towns and cities. I blame the New Deal - which did help create jobs, but the cost is a car obsessed culture and the loss of a walkable town and city.
Strong Towns ended very strangely with Charles talking about religion and whatnot that awkwardly kinda-sorta tied in - this adds nothing though.