One more comment on this, since I now heard the exact same point from a friend and talked more about this: we don't build cities. We build villages that grow in

One more comment on this, since I now heard the exact same point from a friend and talked more about this: we don't build cities. We build villages that grow into towns, that grow into cities. There are very few exceptions like Brazilia, which has lots of issues. Generally this to me is indicative that we are thinking wrong about cities. Cities aren't like massive buildings, but more like organisms. Three best results are achieved if we allow them to grow somewhat organically. I recommend the book Order Without Design: How Markets Shape Cities or the short podcast of the same name.