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One of the things I learned many years ago is that cities, and the spaces within them, take on a life all their own. To someone who studies social/human behavior through the lens of the individual, and who thinks about individual motives, this may sound like a strange idea. After all, are cities not simply the activities, the comings and goings, of those people who live within them? Are they not simply, in some sense, reducible to the activities, and the properties, of those individuals who reside therein? That is an obvious, and sometimes very compelling, thought. More than that, it is a thought that today animates the work of many scholars, both within sociology and outside it. But, I think, those of us who are interested in cities, and the many sites within them, find something peculiarly electric and seductive about city life that goes beyond the individual, that stretches beyond the motivations, and activities, of the sin- gle person. It is what gives the city a kind of allure, both to its residents and to its many observers. It is what makes New York into New York; or Chicago into Chicago; or London into London. It is
City and Community – SAGE
Published: Sep 1, 2002
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