<story><title>The Irresistible Urge to Build Cities from Scratch</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-11-02/the-irresistible-urge-to-build-cities-from-scratch</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>lou1306</author><text>Since nobody has cited it yet, see Christopher&amp;#x27;s Alexander &amp;quot;A city is not a tree&amp;quot; [0] for an architect&amp;#x27;s take on &amp;quot;natural&amp;quot; vs. plannes cities.&lt;p&gt;[0]: &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;worrydream.com&amp;#x2F;refs&amp;#x2F;Alexander%20-%20A%20City%20Is%20Not%20A%20Tree.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;worrydream.com&amp;#x2F;refs&amp;#x2F;Alexander%20-%20A%20City%20Is%20N...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>The Irresistible Urge to Build Cities from Scratch</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-11-02/the-irresistible-urge-to-build-cities-from-scratch</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>barry0079</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m a huge fan of the winding maze like structure of cities built upon the old. It&amp;#x27;s nice to be able to wander and explore.  I suppose blank slate cities (like most in America) are a lot more convenient to navigate though.</text></comment>