Place and prosperity: how cities help us to connect and innovate

Introduction

Part 1: Place. The making of an urbanist ; The thinning metropolis ; The garden suburb and the new urbanism ; The autocratic citizen of Philadelphia ; Having no car but plenty of cars ; Tom Hayden's cars ; Talk city ; Why I'm scared to walk in Houston ; My favorite street

Part 2: Prosperity. Romancing the smokestack ; Company town ; The case for subsidizing the Mermaid Bar ; Korkin versus Florida ; Houston, we have a gentrification problem

Part 3: The promised land. The long drive ; The California attitude ; The not-so-reluctant metropolis ; Living the 2 percent life ; My Los Angeles

Conclusion: On the morning after the pandemic.