Quote by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“These urban provinces, new to the American scene, possess greater economic, social, and cultural unity than most of the states. Yet, subdivided into separate…

— Arthur M. Schlesinger Sr

“But no city-state ever solved the problem of incorporating new territories and new populations into its existing structure, or involving really large numbers of…

— Joseph Reese Strayer

“As a newcomer I felt that this was indeed a blessed place, capable of unabashedly advertising its flaws, fearing no ridicule and no criticism.…

— Andrei Codrescu

One of our troubles is that we try to make municipalities that are totally different from each other all act as if they were…

— Jane Jacobs

“Complete self-government for the province [gubernia and region], district and community through bureaucrats elected by universal suffrage; the abolition of all local and provincial…

— Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

“As a result, Hobyo is as good an example as any of a “feral city.” It’s a term that is used in military circles…

— Alastair Bonnett

“The city as the engine for social change and increasing well-being is one of the truly great triumphs of our amazing ability to form…

— Geoffrey West

“As anywhere else, political instability provided an opportunity for local scores to be settled, for personal grievances to be aired, for heroes to be…

— Charles Emmerson

“There are regular towns and irregular towns, there are wounded towns and sober towns and fiercely remembered towns, there are useless, but passionate towns…

— Anne Carson

Those communal areas have got elected municipalities, which have got to do their work as, as fully, democratically elected municipal councils.

— Thabo Mbeki

“Cities require connectivity rather than territory in order to drive their economic stability and growth.”

— James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology

“All metropolises have one thing in common: they are made up of a crowd of lonely people”

— S.E. SEVER