Well, you seem pretty certain about all this. Most architects and planners I know are less so. I’ve worked with hundreds, and I know very few who would look me

Well, you seem pretty certain about all this. Most architects and planners I know are less so. I’ve worked with hundreds, and I know very few who would look me in the eye and say, “Yes, I’d rather raise my kid downtown in a high rise over a tree-filled neighborhood next to a park.” Alexander isn’t making arguments about economic efficiency, but about what’s good for the human animal. I’d be curious what data you have to disprove this. Now, if you’re talking about his specific claims like “the higher you are in a building the crazier you get,” yeah, I don’t think much of that supposed data is useful.