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James Howard Kunstler: The tragedy of suburbia | TEDTalks.com

Posted by GBDS.US on April 13, 2009 at 5:06pm

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In James Howard Kunstler's view, public spaces should be inspired centers of civic life and the physical manifestation of the common good. Instead, he argues, what we have in America is a nation of places not worth caring about.

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