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Males: 10, Zip code statistics: Find on map Estimated zip code population in 21, Zip code population in 19, Zip code population in 20, Mar. Water area: 1. Aug 10, Sanaa rated it really liked it. Feb 03, Ryan rated it really liked it Shelves: eco. Title says it all, really. Montgomery's arguments felt counterintuitive to me, but maybe that's revealing. It's easy, for example, to sit in a commute thinking "this is just the way it is and how it must be.
If we make space for more cars, then more cars will line up in commutes. But if we make space for bicycles or mass transit, people will use the space for those things, too, especially if the city continues to invest in them as opposed to taking inner taxes to fuel more sprawl. If there is one aspect of the book that is not counterintuitive, it's Montgomery's overview of cars and suburbs. Suburbs seem lame and sort of hostile in a passive-aggressive way--and they are.
They are isolating and they create long commutes that ruin people's lives. Regardless, I learned a lot about urban design and I'm eager to read more books on this subject. Some further notes. Good on them. But Montgomery suggests that their determination helped to create the idea that we shouldn't make riding bicycles as easy as possible.
They have more human connection and exercise is really good for you. Public transit users are really miserable, though that may be a product of how badly public transit is designed in most of North America--a sort of handout to the poor rather than a service "regular" people are expected to use. Dec 09, Ian Robertson rated it it was amazing. Fortunately for us he has spent much of that time researching and experiencing urban life at its best and worst, and in focussed, insightful, and engaging prose he tells us how urban design enhances or detracts from our daily lives.
Happy City is not about the environment, healthy living, or meeting our neighbors, though these subjects are covered. Happy City is about us, about how we live our lives and why, which makes it inherently fascinating. Why do we do the things we do, especially those things which detract from our happiness? It turns out our grand urban design may have us traveling - literally - in the wrong direction. Like the best travel writers - Paul Theroux, for example - Montgomery has a poetic sense of place, transporting readers along with him to countries, cities, towns, and intersections.
It is here - in New York, Paris, Vancouver, Main-street Disneyland and dozens of other places - that successful urban design springs to life, and we imagine ourselves standing in traffic-free Times Square or sipping coffee in a Copenhagen street cafe. The photographic examples - especially the before and after pictures - are captivating, and act as repeated exclamation marks to the narrative.
Very few authors - especially non-academics - can claim this mantle. In his concluding chapters, Montgomery tries to answer the question of what holds us back from happier cities. Our frustration with long commutes is reframed to have us pondering why we want larger suburban homes, why there is no employment in our neighborhoods, why transit works in some areas and not others, and for whom cities are designed.
It is not market-based, nor is it democratic. For one thing, they ignore the fact that their tax dollars are already being used to massively subsidize the sprawl model. And finally, outside interests such as the auto industry the history of the introduction of jay-walking laws is thought provoking and even international aid agencies Penalosa thankfully nixed a proposal by car-exporting Japan to build elevated freeways in Bogota are discussed.
Happy City is thought provoking and a call to thoughtful action. It should be read by citizens who want to be informed about the forces that shape their daily lives and routines, and by those who want to make a difference in their neighborhoods. Hopefully this includes you. Mar 02, Kayla rated it did not like it. Really disappointed by this book. It's just the standard urbanist gospel that we've all likely read before--nothing new here.
The author thinks city life will solve all our problems with unhappiness, loneliness, obesity, or lack of spiritual fulfillment.
Fear of crime and desire for privacy and space get passing mentions, but the author see Really disappointed by this book.
Fear of crime and desire for privacy and space get passing mentions, but the author seems to think these feelings are silly prejudices. Everyone really wants to live in a dense, walkable urban village where everyone knows your name--and if you think you don't want that, you probably just need to be reeducated.
Surely I'm not the only one who recoils at the story of the man pressured into babysitting because "in the village, no one is anonymous--and village life comes with obligations. The book gets pretty repetitive; it's pages but really doesn't have that much to say. I got tired of reading the same list of abstract praise for the city over and over. And hiding citations in the back of the book seems to encourage the author to make unsupported claims.
For instance, no one really knows what causes the increased obesity rate; it's irresponsible to suggest that we know sprawl is doing it. Jun 20, Sandeep rated it it was amazing. Do you believe people living in large, bustling cities can be happy? Or is happiness reserved for the ultra rich who can afford living in fancy homes in the heart of the city? Or the secret lies in the suburban sprawl, with its manicured gardens and large spaces and long commutes to work?
Charles Montgomery, makes some fabulous arguments against the latter- according to him it the sprawl, the growth of low-density, car-dependent suburbs that accounts for most new house building in many parts of th Do you believe people living in large, bustling cities can be happy? Charles Montgomery, makes some fabulous arguments against the latter- according to him it the sprawl, the growth of low-density, car-dependent suburbs that accounts for most new house building in many parts of the world, makes you unhappy.
It isolates. It creates dissatisfaction. Being a city lover who believes in being an active member of society, this book feels like a vindication of my belief system.
This is a valuable book that looks at sustainable living and gives examples of cities that are pioneers in creating spaces that is built keeping in mind that the city first and foremost belongs to its people. Insightful and brilliantly written, it is definitely one of those books which has impacted the way I look at buildings, communities, and spaces. May 05, Sue Bridehead A Pseudonym rated it it was amazing Shelves: non-fiction , urban-planning. Over the two-week period during which I read this book, I drove my partner crazy talking about it.
It's on a subject with which I'm already obsessed: urban sprawl and urban design. I grew up in a New England village founded in the s embedded in a larger suburb. Ergo most of my life from birth to age 18 was entirely walkable or bike-able.
I did not realize how spoiled I was to walk to all my schools K , to my choice of two ice cream parlors, to a bank, a library, a post office, many dif Over the two-week period during which I read this book, I drove my partner crazy talking about it. I did not realize how spoiled I was to walk to all my schools K , to my choice of two ice cream parlors, to a bank, a library, a post office, many different pizzerias, one natural body of water toxic, but still beautiful , and a handful of lovely, green parks with tennis courts.
Even my frickin' volunteer work was within walking distance of my home. Even my after-school CCD catechism. Dang, I was healthy back then. Because home felt and behaved like the community-minded rural village it was designed to be. It was convenient. It clicked. Then I went to a college in a perfect, walkable college town. Then I lived for a summer in Durham, NC--less walkable, but I was still able to hoof it or take a short bus ride from my apartment to a mall, to my job, to a funky grocery, to a green open space with a dirt running track around it, and to a cool, hip street with cafes and used book stores and record stores.
Then I moved to Los Angeles. Insert "wah wah" deflation sound. And I've been complaining ever since. Seventeen years of complaining! No sidewalks or crumbling ones leading to twisted ankles , no central gathering places, no reliable public transportation, tricky parking, and epic traffic that eats your soul. Friends in neighborhoods 6 miles away become acquaintances you see times a year.
I live in one of those places now. There's nothing easy linking these various neighborhoods together. If you live in the Valley, you have to drive to Silver Lake to go boutique shopping or to try that cool new restaurant. It hardly seems worth it, sitting in the car and polluting the planet just to buy some cool new shirt and artisan-crafted blank book to put your poetry in. Angelenos: L. Natives may be used to this lifestyle, but those of us who grew up around places planned before cars can't stand the fact that cars are our only option.
We don't hate cars--we just want other choices that work or we want cool things to go to locally. It's depressing and it makes a person feel trapped. This book addresses every negative transportation and zoning factor I've noted on my own over the last 17 years of living in L. It's given each of these issues a context, so now I understand how and why these issues came to be. Basically, blame the auto industry and our lazy local governments, which depend on old zoning codes--essentially copied and pasted as if every community is exactly like every other.
Reading this book elevated my understanding of suburban sprawl, a. So many good facts in this book! Too many to hunt down and type here. The cost of owning a car, both to your wallet and the planet, is appalling, seriously. Dec 23, Josh rated it really liked it. Happy City has the potential to be one of the most transformative books you can read regarding improving your health, happiness and connection to your community.
Charles Montgomery makes a strong case that in our quest to have the big house, white-picket fence, two-car garage and 2. This distance separates us from our work, our friends, our neighbors and most importantly our happiness as well as being generally unsustainable fr Happy City has the potential to be one of the most transformative books you can read regarding improving your health, happiness and connection to your community.
This distance separates us from our work, our friends, our neighbors and most importantly our happiness as well as being generally unsustainable from an environmental perspective. The target of Montgomery's arguments are the innocuous city planners whose zoning laws lead to large suburban lots that serve more as a prison than as a home.
All this being said, Happy City is really a three star book. While containing a number of persuasive anecdotes toward the trials and tribulations of suburbia, Happy City is light on meaningful facts, contains few supporting statistics and completely fails to quantify benefits to happiness, well-being and environmental impact. Additionally, the book drags in several places as the later chapters don't advance the author's arguments, introduce new material or provide closure to presented topics.
Happy City is a five star message wrapped in a three star book. Mar 08, Rachel C. Good intro to urban design. Basically, Montgomery's thesis is that cars are evil.
They get frustrated more easily and tend to be grumpier when they get to their destination. They are also much less likely to get involved with social groups They don't answer petitions, don't attend rallies, and don't join political parties or social advocacy groups. Jan 28, KDV rated it it was amazing Shelves: nonfiction. I love this book and basically can't shut up about it. View 2 comments. Dec 11, Brahm rated it really liked it Shelves: finance.
Thought provoking and high impact; lessons learned here will stick with me. There are a lot of books on urban design, this is the first I've read, but I'd absorbed many of the concepts via osmosis as Robyn is super keen on this topic.
It was great to dive deeper into the content with concrete examples. Whether it's buying your first house, moving out from mom and dad's ho Thought provoking and high impact; lessons learned here will stick with me.
Whether it's buying your first house, moving out from mom and dad's house, leasing a new apartment, upsizing, downsizing, moving cities, etc. Obviously "read this before you move" was not the book's thesis. The real meat of it is we live in systems that shape our behaviour , everything from how much time we spend commuting and how we commute , to how many spontaneous interactions we have with friends and family, to how social we are with our neighbours.
Urban design or lack thereof shapes our behaviour in ways most of us don't predict when we move to a new community that in itself is a mindset shift I'll take away: we don't move to new homes, we move to new communities. Mixed-use and mixed-zone neighbourhoods make cities more resilient, less fragile, and improve quality of life. Stale, traditional building codes and rigidly inflexible zoning create inaccessible, compartmentalized communities.
Personal story. We were insanely lucky that as our suburb developed, many amenities we now use daily or weekly showed up within walking distance. We could of easily picked a suburban house near a park super far away from amenities. The number of middle aged adults is extremely large while the number of seniors is large.
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