To be frank those defensible streets themselves were an older agenda back when one of the functions of city was defensibility - in the service of the same elite

To be frank those defensible streets themselves were an older agenda back when one of the functions of city was defensibility - in the service of the same elite. They were always for the purpose. While there are rightful aspects to complain about the displacement sanitation and boulevards were good things even if their motives were ulterior.