Iris M. Young on Urban Community

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"A place of many places, the city folds over on itself in so many layers and relationships that it is incomprehensible. One cannot "take it in," one never feels as though there is nothing new and interesting to explore, no new and interesting people to meet."
-Iris M. Young, Justice and the Politics of Difference.

I love her writing on the city here. It's just how I feel. And to make it better, this is nested in commentary about why the ideal of unmediated face-to-face connections between small groups of people as the best form of community is a myth.