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> [It may be that we have become so feckless as a people that we no longer care how things do work, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-jacobs/it-may-be-that-we-have-become-so-feckless-as-a-people-that-we-no/)

[Jane Jacobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-jacobs/)

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> [We haven't had an agenda for American cities probably since at least Jimmy Carter. We have left cities to fend for themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-o-malley/we-haven-t-had-an-agenda-for-american-cities-probably-since-at-least/)

[Martin O'Malley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-o-malley/)

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> [Philadelphia is the most pecksniffian of American cities, and thus probably leads the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/philadelphia-is-the-most-pecksniffian-of-american-cities-and-thus/)

[H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken/)

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