The entire point of the article is that there is no solution to a problem that doesn’t really exist, Angkor was rocked by certain changes but ultimately “collap

The entire point of the article is that there is no solution to a problem that doesn’t really exist, Angkor was rocked by certain changes but ultimately “collapsed” to time and repurpose over a span of centuries. Obviously the parallel is not perfect—no real-estate companies bought up land in Angkor for redevelopment—but we see the same pattern of locals repurposing older parts of the landscape. Detroit could continue thriving for centuries, revising its 20th-century land-use patterns to suit new populations. “Our cities” is also the wrong word to use considering I can’t purchase a home in or around my city without 70 competing bids tens of thousands of dollars over asking price at the moment. And we’ve got hefty property taxes.