Daniel Herriges' favorite read of the week:



A Kid at Large in the Center of the Universe



James Howard Kunstler’s worldview and rhetorical style can be polarizing,

but he

is one heck of a vivid writer, and this latest piece in The American

Conservative, titled “A Kid at Large in the Center of the Universe,” is

delightful. I’m always surprised how quickly even dyed-in-the-wool

urbanists are willing to

cede without a fight the topic of children in big cities, as though it were

somehow self-evident that Manhattan or San Francisco is no place to be (or

raise) a child. Kunstler makes a compelling case that it is a remarkable

classroom for a kid to

develop curiosity and resourcefulness...



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that

made us think in new ways, delve deeper into the Strong Towns mission, or

even

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