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ktroney's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
dankeran's review against another edition
informative
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
Really enjoyed as an introduction into Urban Design and its interconnectedness with our happiness. Really made me think about how city planning can make or break resident morale.
groodoo's review against another edition
4.0
Too focused on North America. The basic ideas are good though. Could have been shorter.
hannahsendelbach's review against another edition
5.0
idealistic and wonderful. plus behavioral economics
romantiques's review against another edition
informative
3.5
“by spending resources and designing cities in a way that values everyone's experience, life can get easier and more pleasant for everyone. we can make cities that are more generous and less cruel. we can make cities that help us all get stronger, more resilient, more connected, more active and more free. we just have to decide who our cities are for. and we have to believe that they can change.”
reads2cope's review against another edition
4.75
Took me a long time to read partially because the Libby wait was long (but so glad others are reading this!) and because my partner and I listened to this together. I ended up buying the paperback, and I hope to look back on it often as a reminder to build the community and neighborhood I want.
The examples used in this book were easy to see in my own life: I am stressed when I walk on loud roads with lots of traffic and happier and calmer when I’m on pedestrian-only streets, I felt safer and more connected when I lived in smaller apartment complexes where I knew my neighbors than I did in large buildings where no one used common areas or even ran into each other often in the halls, when I move I look for quiet streets with trees and with groceries and other necessities in walking distance.
The stories of people who shaped their neighborhoods and cities through community building and activism were inspiring.
My only big complaint was that the narrator used bizarre accents when reading quotes from people from Copenhagen to Bogota, and that was distracting and annoying. The book itself was easy to read and well argued.
The examples used in this book were easy to see in my own life: I am stressed when I walk on loud roads with lots of traffic and happier and calmer when I’m on pedestrian-only streets, I felt safer and more connected when I lived in smaller apartment complexes where I knew my neighbors than I did in large buildings where no one used common areas or even ran into each other often in the halls, when I move I look for quiet streets with trees and with groceries and other necessities in walking distance.
The stories of people who shaped their neighborhoods and cities through community building and activism were inspiring.
My only big complaint was that the narrator used bizarre accents when reading quotes from people from Copenhagen to Bogota, and that was distracting and annoying. The book itself was easy to read and well argued.
nevkick's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0