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katethekitcat's review
3.0
It's hard to give this book more than three stars, because a few of the essays were truly awful and self-satisfied in an effort to be significant. Others, however, sucked you into life in cities all over the United States. A good mix of geography and a balance between personal interest and system-level stories, this book manages to explore racism, failed attempts at economic reform (every city's answer is "build retail," and in every single city it fails), culture, environmental issues, and many other things. It left me feeling both sad and inspired about the state of our communities. Would definitely recommend.
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