Why do we live in cities? This is not the same question as why did cities form? the answers to which lie in theories and historical analysis. To answer our question we have to look inwards. Unless you’re reading this blog at the library (anybody?), you are not broke. You own a computer. You have […]

I used to cringe when someone would bring up that cute little anecdote about Thoreau’s night in prison after he refused to pay his taxes in opposition to war and slavery. I’d try to hold my tongue, but more often than not would slip into a diatribe against this sort of logic. Sure taxes fund […]