. Town and city. as a rule he cannot in a single day do so much asthe city man, either for himself or for his neighbor. Just here, then, is the secret of our growing towns andcities. Human beings are becoming more and moreanxious to give and receive all they can from day today; and they wish to do this as conveniently andpromptly as possible. It turns out also that the more they have the morethey want, and the more they want the more they learnto make, until to-day men and women all over the worldare living together as groups of people who depend onone another. Some are manufacturing goods, so
. Town and city. as a rule he cannot in a single day do so much asthe city man, either for himself or for his neighbor. Just here, then, is the secret of our growing towns andcities. Human beings are becoming more and moreanxious to give and receive all they can from day today; and they wish to do this as conveniently andpromptly as possible. It turns out also that the more they have the morethey want, and the more they want the more they learnto make, until to-day men and women all over the worldare living together as groups of people who depend onone another. Some are manufacturing goods, some areselling them; some supply food, others supply wits. Allare buying something, and in one way or another theyall serve each other. 2 TOWN AND CITY Indeed, that is the one great advantage of our cities:people are close enough together to help each other atthe shortest notice and in the best way. As time goes on,however, notice what happens. See how it has workedon Manhattan Island, where New York City Homes on the Prairie In 1700 the houses of the city were far apart; widestreets were between them, large grounds around them,where children played ; grass was everywhere, also trees,birds, and flowers. One hundred years later many morehouses stood on the same space of ground; less grasswas near them, fewer trees, no birds, hardly any hundred years later still in certain parts of the cityno grass could be seen as far as the eye could reach; CiROVVTH OF CITIES 3 no trees, no birds, only a few flowers in flowerpots,while the houses were so tall that the narrow, pavedstreets between them looked like hard, slender valleysbetween stone and brick mountains. Little chance forsunlight there! Instead of carriages drawn by horses,cu31924000866982
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