Don't you think there is quite some gentrification driving the social dynamics in Berlin? It is at least so here in Stockholm. But anyway, I totally agree, the

Don't you think there is quite some gentrification driving the social dynamics in Berlin? It is at least so here in Stockholm. But anyway, I totally agree, the suburban dense architecture fails because there is no social cohesion at all and the anonymity is total. Also, a lot of people with anti-social behaviour lives there... Some personal anectodes, but I think they are telling something about our cities: Now I live in a small house in a nice (low density) area where I know everyone by name. When I lived in the city, I did recognize a few. One neighbour eventually died because of heroin - but this was considered a very nice area. The man was really nice and polite, or apologetic rather, when I tried to help him. When I lived in a cheep flat in a suburb, I didn't even knew my neighbour in the flat next to mine. A man was stabbed to death outside my house the second evening after I moved in. The drug users were not polite at all... I tried to help no one. Some interesting reading is Phil Zimmerman and "The Lucifer effect." It has a chapter or so regarding this.