EPISODE · Sep 28, 2023
Return to the Land or Revitalize the City? | Good Cities
from New Polity · host Marc Barnes
Should we flee to the Land or revitalize the City? Jacob Hyman and Nathan Bird discuss how the battle between land and city is a false dichotomy. Each is dependent on the other and both are essential to renewal. They also discuss how the modern city has divorced these ways of life: making the land a commodity to extract resources and the modern city a scattered suburban sprawl. Also, the financial cost of these poorly planned cities has led to urban decay and flight to newer cities. But, there is a plan that the Church has for making cities beautiful and connecting with the land. Breezy paradisal reading delivered to your door 4 times a year. Subscribe to New Polity Magazine today and get 30% off all back issues. https://www.newpolity.com/magazine
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Should we flee to the Land or revitalize the City? Jacob Hyman and Nathan Bird discuss how the battle between land and city is a false dichotomy. Each is dependent on the other and both are essential to renewal. They also discuss how the modern city has divorced these ways of life: making the land a commodity to extract resources and the modern city a scattered suburban sprawl. Also, the financial cost of these poorly planned cities has led to urban decay and flight to newer cities. But, there is a plan that the Church has for making cities beautiful and connecting with the land. Breezy paradisal reading delivered to your door 4 times a year. Subscribe to New Polity Magazine today and get 30% off all back issues. https://www.newpolity.com/magazine
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